Helen and William Luksenburg collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521305
• English
• overall: Height: 22.875 inches (58.103 cm) | Width: 15.125 inches (38.418 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Blue and gray striped winter weight jacket issued to Welek Luksenburg, 21, in Oranienburg concentration camp in January 1945, and also worn in Flossenbürg and Regensburg concentration camps. It is worn through at the neck from the pressure of the ropes used to haul rocks as a slave laborer. In April 1945, Welek collapsed during a death march and was rescued by a German farmer. As American troops moved through the area, a soldier approached Welek with a razor saying, "A souvenir" and removed his Star of David and prisoner number 187295 patch. A red triangle was also removed. The soldiers too...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn708733
• English
• folders 8
• Updated 7 months ago

The William and Helen Luksenburg photograph collection consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of relatives of the Luksenburg and Chilewicz families in Poland. The photograph collection includes images of both Holocaust victims and survivors. The pre-war family photographs were taken in Da̧browa Górnicza and Sosnowiec, Poland. The wartime photographs were taken in Sosnowiec, Poland and feature members of the Hanoar Hatzioni Zionist Youth Movement. Additional wartime photographs include young Jewish women in the Sosnowiec ghetto wearing armbands with the Star of David. The pos...