George Ogurek Zimmerman family collection

Identifier: irn522410
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522410

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by George Ogurek Zimmerman, the son of Karola Ogurek Zimmerman and stepson of Charles Zimmerman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a wrist watch, a rubber stamp, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Jerzy Ogurek and his family during the Holocaust, including their imprisonment in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and after the war as displaced persons in Germany.

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Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516069
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Jerzy Ogurek papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522434
- English
- folders 4
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of documents and photographs relating to the experiences of Jerzy Ogurek, originally of Katowice, Poland, and his family during the Holocaust.
Wrist watch kept by a Hungarian Jewish concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522435
- English
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Wrist watch purchased by Karola Ogurek in Budapest, Hungary, around October 1943 after fleeing Kamionka, Poland, with her 10 year old son, Jurek, husband Alexander, and her parents Helene and Izak Fiszer. She kept the watch with her, even during incarceration in Auschwitz. In March 1944, after Germany invaded Hungary, the family tried to go to Slovakia but were arrested and turned over to the Germans. They were sent to a Polish POW camp, but released by the commandant. They went back and forth between Slovakia and Hungary seeking refuge. In April 1944, they were arrested and sent to Sered l...
Rubber stamp from a Jewish refugee's postwar business
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522436
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rubber stamp used by Chaskiel Zimmermann for his apparel business in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, where he lived as a refugee after World War II. Chaskiel was deported from Sosnowiec, Poland, to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. He was liberated during a death march from Blechhammer slave labor camp in January 1945. Nearly his entire family was killed in Auschwitz. He married Karola Ogurek in Esslingen on December 6, 1947. Karola had fled Kamionka, Poland, in fall 1943, with her son Jurek, 10, husband Alexander, and parents Helene and Izak Fiszer. In April 1944, they were sent to Sered...
Dictionary
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522437
- English
- 1945
- Updated 1 year ago
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522438
- English
- 1943
- Updated 1 year ago
Prayer book Prayers for the sick, military funeral service and memorial service
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522439
- English
- 1942
- Updated 1 year ago
D.A.R. podre̦cznik obywatelski [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522440
- English
- 1948
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Book far Beytarisher yugend
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522441
- English
- 1947
- Updated 1 year ago
Di lecte teg fun Warszewer getto [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522442
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago