Samuel Stimler papers

Identifier
irn515530
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.109
  • RG-10.442
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Czech
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515530

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Samuel Stimler

Biographical History

Samuel Stimler was born in 1923, in a town 70-80 miles east of Kraków, Poland. After the Nazi invasion, he spent time in a ghetto and in a few small labor camps. Samuel Stimler spent time in Pustkow, Plaszów, Gross Rosen, and Brünnlitz before being liberated by the Russians in 1945. After liberation, he traveled to Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Foehrenwald, a displaced persons camp in Germany, before journeying to Antwerp, Belgium, and eventually emigrating to the United States.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Samuel Stimler

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Samuel Stimler in 1991.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a pre-printed form with Oskar Schindler letterhead from Oskar Schindler's factory in Kraków, Poland, and a letter stating that Samuel Stimler was in Brünnlitz concentration camp in Brnenec, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is in the order in which received

People

  • Stimler, Samuel.
  • Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974.

Corporate Bodies

  • Brünnlitz (Concentration camp)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.