Kusserow family collection

Identifier: irn521460
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521460

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Annemarie and Waltraud Küsserow.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two purple triangle badges that were used to identify Jehovah's Witness prisoners in Sachsenhausen and Ravensbruck concentration camps and photographs and documents related to the Kusserow family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Concentration camp badge worn to identify a prisoner as a Jehovah's Witness
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn49802
- English
- 1940-1945
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
The badge was issued to Albert Jahndorf at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in order to identify him as a Jehovah's Witness prisoner.
Franz Kusserow family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502980
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of a scrapbook of various documents and photographs concerning the Franz Kusserow family during the Holocaust. The materials deal with the persecution, imprisonment, and execution of the Kusserow family members and acquaintances of the family as a result of their affiliation with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
White inverted triangle patch and prison number worn to identify a female inmate as a Jehovah's Witness
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514317
- English
- 1940-1945
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
White badge with an inverted trangle and the number 1989 issued to Lüise Jahndorf at Ravensbrück concentration camp to identify her as a Jehovah's Witness prisoner.
Photograph of the Kusserow family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521463
- English
- 1939
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The photograph depicts a clandestine visit among the Kusserow children, Elizabeth, Hans-Werner, and Paul-Gerhard, their mother, and their two older brothers, Willhelm and Karl, near Minden, Germany.

Kusserow family collection

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Concentration camp badge worn to identify a prisoner as a Jehovah's Witness

Franz Kusserow family papers

White inverted triangle patch and prison number worn to identify a female inmate as a Jehovah's Witness

Photograph of the Kusserow family