Stanley Appel family collection

Identifier: irn47458
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47458

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Nathan M. Appel, the son of Stanley Appel.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a belt, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Stanley (Zelig) Appel and his family in prewar Stary Sacz, Poland, of Stanley’s experiences during the Holocaust while incarcerated in several camps, and ater the Holocaust in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.

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Stanley Selig Appel papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn76786
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
Collection of 37 photographs depicting members of the Appel family before the war in Stary Sącz, Poland and after the war in Germany and Italy. Also includes documents issued after the war, and copies of Mr. Appel's birth certificate.
Brown leather belt worn by a Jewish Polish inmate at Buchenwald concentration camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn76787
- English
- overall: Height: 39.375 inches (100.013 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Brown leather belt worn by 21 year old Zelig Appel when he was a prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp from January 1945 to April 1945. He was issued uniform pants that were too large for him, so he traded two pieces of bread for a Soviet prisoner’s belt. As he lost weight, he had to add holes with the sharpened end of a spoon. In early 1940, a few months after the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Zelig’s town, Stary Sacz, was ghettoized and Zelig was sent to Tegoborze forced labor camp. In June, he was sent to an SS training camp, Rabka. In August 1942, Zelig returned to the ghetto ...

Stanley Appel family collection

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Stanley Selig Appel papers

Brown leather belt worn by a Jewish Polish inmate at Buchenwald concentration camp