Joseph Hauptman collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn516139
• English
• 1939-1945
• overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Czechoslovak Medal for Valor 1939-1945 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman in 1946 for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. He received the medal with a certificate (see 2004.643.1) on March 6, 1946. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Czechoslovak Army. In...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522512
• English
• 1945-1947
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Joseph Hauptman papers consist of an identification card issued to Joseph Hauptman in 1945; an identification card issued to Frida Lerner on May 22, 1945, stating that she was liberated from Mauthausen concentration camp; and four certificates that accompany medals from the Czech and Russian Armies issued to Joseph Hauptman.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522513
• English
• 1939-1945
• overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman in 1946 for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. He received the medal with a certificate (see 2004.643.1) on March 6, 1946. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Czechoslovak Army. In December 1...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522514
• English
• 1947
• a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Soviet Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. He received the medal with a certificate (see 2004.643.1) in 1947. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Cz...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522515
• English
• 1939-1945
• overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Commemorative Medal of the Czechoslovak Army Abroad 1939 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman in 1946 for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Czechoslovak Army. In December 1945, he was honored as a disabled veteran. Jose...