Salomon Strauss-Marko collection

Identifier: irn521890
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Eva Strauss-Marko, the wife of Salomon Strauss-Marko.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts: a dog tag, a nightstick, a pair of brass knuckles, and a bootjack, correspondence, documents, a manuscript, and photographs relating to Salomon Strauss-Marko, originally from Warek, Poland, during the Holocaust when he lived under a false identity as a Ukrainian while imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp in Germany and in concentration/labor camps in Austria.

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Salomon Strauss-Marko papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522365
- English
- 1941-1946
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of photographs, documents, letters, identification cards, and a manuscript relating to the experiences of Salomon Strauss-Marko during the Holocaust. The photographs depict Salomon Strauss-Marko during World War II when he pretended to be a Ukrainian under the false name of "Timofiej Marko." The letters were written by forced laborers under Strauss-Marko's supervision to "Timofiej Marko" requesting help or thanking him for help.
Prisoner id tag issued to a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522366
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Prisoner identification tag, stamped #10998, issued to Salomon Strauss when he was held as a prisoner of war in Stalag II A in Neubrandenburg, Germany. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and Salomon was mobilized into the 19th Infantry Battalion, Polish Army. On September 16, he was captured as a prisoner of war and taken to Stalag II A. Salek feared discovery as a Jew and a Communist and created an identity as a Ukrainian, Tomasz Timofiej Marko. He maintained this identity from September 1939- May 1945 in several POW stalags and concentration/labor camps. Salomon was declare...
Rubber truncheon used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522367
- English
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rubber baton used by Salomon (Salek) Strauss in his assumed identity as Tomasz (Timofiej) Marko when he was a labor group leader in Wiener-Neustadt concentration camp in Austria. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and Salomon was mobilized into the 19th Infantry Battalion, Polish Army. On September 16, he was captured as a prisoner of war and taken to Stalag II A in Germany. Salek feared discovery as a Jew and a Communist and created an identity as a Ukrainian, Tomasz Timofiej Marko. He maintained this identity from September 1939- May 1945 in several POW stalags and concentr...
Bootjack used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522368
- English
- 1939-1945
- overall: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Bootjack used by Salomon (Salek) Strauss in his assumed identity as Timofiej Marko when he was a prisoner of war in Stalag II A in Germany and a leader of forced labor groups in Wiener-Neustadt concentration camp in Austria. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and Salomon was mobilized into the 19th Infantry Battalion, Polish Army. On September 16, he was captured as a prisoner of war and taken to Stalag II A. Salek feared discovery as a Jew and a Communist and created an identity as a Ukrainian, Tomasz Timofiej Marko. He maintained this identity from September 1939- May 1945 ...
Brass knuckles used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522369
- English
- 1941-1945
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Brass knuckles used by Salomon (Salek) Strauss in his assumed identity as Tomasz (Timofiej) Marko when he was a labor group leader in Wiener-Neustadt concentration camp in Austria. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and Salomon was mobilized into the 19th Infantry Battalion, Polish Army. On September 16, he was captured as a prisoner of war and taken to Stalag II A in Germany. Salek feared discovery as a Jew and a Communist and created an identity as a Ukrainian, Tomasz Timofiej Marko. He maintained this identity from September 1939- May 1945 in several POW stalags and concen...

Salomon Strauss-Marko collection

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Salomon Strauss-Marko papers

Prisoner id tag issued to a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag

Rubber truncheon used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag

Bootjack used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag

Brass knuckles used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag