Izy Freudenreich collection

Identifier: irn512858
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512858

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Irma Freudenreich, the wife of Izy Freudenreich.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a cigarette holder and a necklace with a commemorative pendant and mezuzah relating to the experiences of Izy Freudenreich after his release from Kaufering VII slave labor camp in Landsberg, Germany, when he lived in Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany.

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Cigarette holder made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512919
- English
- a: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) c: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Green plastic case with cigarette holder and case made and used by Izy Freudenreich after the war in Landsberg displaced persons camp, Lager 7, in Germany, May-June 1945. In February 1940, several months after Germany occupied Poland, Izy, 20, and his parents, Leib and Tauba, were forced into Łódź ghetto. Izy developed a relationship with Irma Herzfeld, 23. Following mass deportations in summer 1944, Izy’s parents arranged a hiding place for them, but could not secure a place for Irma’s sister Ruth. Irma refused to go without her, so they all stayed and, in August, were sent to Auschwitz. O...
Mezuzah and tombstone pendants on a necklace made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512920
- English
- a: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) c: Height: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Mezuzah and tombstone metal pendants on a chain necklace made and worn by Izy Freudenreich after the war in Landsberg displaced persons camp, Lager 7, in Germany, May-June 1945. Izy made the headstone in memory of his father Leib who died in Kaufering VII slave labor camp on February 2, 1945. It is engraved with his name and that date. In February 1940, several months after Germany occupied Poland, Izy, 20, and his parents, Leib and Tauba, were forced into Łódź ghetto. Izy developed a relationship with Irma Herzfeld, 23. Following mass deportations in summer 1944, Izy’s parents arranged a h...

Izy Freudenreich collection

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Cigarette holder made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp

Mezuzah and tombstone pendants on a necklace made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp