Hy Silverman collection

Identifier: irn515260
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515260

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Hy Silverman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a whistle and compass relating to the experiences of Hy Silverman as a soldier in the United States Army in Germany during World War II.

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Silver pea whistle taken from an SS officer by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515261
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Silver pea whistle taken from an SS officer by Hy Silverman, a soldier in the 322nd Field Artillery Battalion, US 83rd Infantry, at the liberation of a concentration camp in Germany, or possibly Austria, in spring 1945. While Hy, who spoke German and Yiddish, was talking with the emaciated prisoners, he saw a large man in a dark suit with a whistle and compass around his neck within the crowd. Hy felt the man did not belong because he looked too well-fed. At gun-point, Hy ordered him to remove the compass and whistle and took them. Hy asked the prisoners, in Yiddish, who the man was, and th...
German marching compass in a case taken from an SS officer by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515262
- English
- overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
German marching compass taken from an SS officer by Hy Silverman, a soldier in the 322nd Field Artillery Battalion, US 83rd Infantry, at the liberation of a concentration camp in Germany, or possibly Austria, in spring 1945. While Hy, who spoke German and Yiddish, was talking with the emaciated prisoners, he saw a large man in a dark suit with a whistle and compass around his neck within the crowd. Hy felt the man did not belong because he looked too well-fed. At gun-point, Hy ordered him to remove the compass and whistle and took them. Hy asked the prisoners, in Yiddish, who the man was, a...

Hy Silverman collection

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Silver pea whistle taken from an SS officer by a US soldier

German marching compass in a case taken from an SS officer by a US soldier