Sam Klasner collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn516671
• English
• 1945-1949
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

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.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn516672
• English
• a: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) b: Height: 10.375 inches (26.353 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Pair of leather slipon shoes given to Sam Klasner by Oskar Schindler from a store of Red Cross supplies shortly before liberation. From October 1944-May 1945, Sam worked at the armament factory owned by Schindler in Brunnlitz (Brnenec) in German occupied Czechoslovakia as a subcamp of Gross Rosen concentration camp. Schindler protected his workers from deportation, kept German camp personnel out of the camp, and did his best to provide food, although shortages were severe. In October 1944, when Schindler moved his factory from Płaszów to Brunnlitz, his workers were processed at Gross Rosen....

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn516673
• English
• overall: Height: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Vernier calipers, a measuring tool, used by Sam Klasner in Oskar Schindler's armament factory in Brünnlitz (Brnenec), in German occupied Czechoslovakia from October 1944-May 1945. The factory was a subcamp of Gross Rosen concentration camp. Schindler protected his workers from deportation, kept German camp personnel out of the camp, and did his best to provide food, although shortages were severe. In October 1944, when Schindler moved his factory from Płaszów to Brunnlitz, his workers were processed at Gross Rosen. Some were mistakenly sent to Auschwitz and had to be replaced. Sam had mech...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn592471
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains restitution papers for Samuel Klasner's experiences as a slave laborer during the Holocaust.