Hans Praschkauer collection

Identifier: irn518554
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518554

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Diane Kyle, the niece of Hans Praschkauer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts (two pins and one armband), composition books, correspondence, documents, publications, and scrapbooks related to the prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences of Hans (Heinz) Praschkauer, in Breslau, Germany, Shanghai, China, and the United States.

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Hans Praschkauer papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44550
- English
- 1920-2002
- box book enclosures oversize folders 1 3 5
- Updated 1 year ago
The Hans Praschkauer papers include biographical material, scrapbooks, writings, and printed material relating to Hans Praschkauer and his family’s pre-war life in Breslau, Germany (currently Wrocław, Poland) and their experiences in Shanghai after fleeing Germany in 1939. The collection also includes applications, medical and financial records, and ship information relating to their immigration to the United States in 1949. Biographical material includes vaccination certificates, membership cards, a birth certificate, identification cards, and photographs for Hans Praschkauer. The negative...
Nazi armband owned by a deaf Jewish refugee to Shanghai
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44551
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 15.500 inches (39.37 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi armband that belonged to Hans (Heinz) Praschkauer. Hans, a deaf German Jew, and his parents escaped Breslau, Germany, for Shanghai in 1939 on the Italian ship, Conte Verde. He worked as a tailor in Shanghai until 1949, when he and his parents joined his brother in the United States.
NSDAP pin owned by a deaf Jewish refugee who fled to Shanghai
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44552
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi Party membership pin (Parteiabzeichen) acquired by Hans (Heinz) Praschkauer, a Jewish child who lost his hearing at a young age. All members of the Nazi Party wore these pins. They were typically worn on the lapels of their civilian clothing and some uniforms. Heinz Praschkauer was attending the School for the Hard of Hearing in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. Soon thereafter, anti-Jewish decrees were passed that restricted every aspect of Jewish life. Following the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms, Heinz...
NSDAP pin owned by a deaf Jewish refugee who fled to Shanghai
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44553
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi Party membership pin (Parteiabzeichen) acquired by Hans (Heinz) Praschkauer, a Jewish child who lost his hearing at a young age. All members of the Nazi Party wore these pins. They were typically worn on the lapels of their civilian clothing and some uniforms. Heinz Praschkauer was attending the School for the Hard of Hearing in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. Soon thereafter, anti-Jewish decrees were passed that restricted every aspect of Jewish life. Following the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms, Heinz...

Hans Praschkauer collection

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Hans Praschkauer papers

Nazi armband owned by a deaf Jewish refugee to Shanghai

NSDAP pin owned by a deaf Jewish refugee who fled to Shanghai

NSDAP pin owned by a deaf Jewish refugee who fled to Shanghai