Sam Klasner papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bruce Klasner
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bruce Klasner
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Bruce Klasner.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of an identification document and thirty photographs. The identification document was issued to Samuel Klasner [donor's father] and states that he is a former prisoner of the concentration camp Gross Rosen; it is printed on stationery for the "Deutsche Emailwar..fabrik" factory of Oskar Schindler. The thirty vintage copy prints with a variety of propaganda and post-liberation photographs were acquired by Samuel Klasner while living in Regensburg, Germany. Also includes restitution papers for Samuel Klasner's experiences as a forced laborer during the Holocaust.
People
- Klasner, Samuel.
- Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- Antisemitism.
- Executions--1940-1950.
- Dead persons--1940-1950.
- Soldiers--Germany.
- Jews--Poland.
- Ex-concentration camp inmates.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document