Norman Naftali Silver collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn168912
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains a photograph showing Norman Naftali Zylberminc (later Silver) working in the ORT leather workshop in the Landsberg DP camp; circa 1946.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610217
• English
• 1946
• a: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Leather briefcase created by Norman Naftali Zylberminc in the Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. In March 1942, eighteen year old Norman was deported from Bedzin, Poland, to Gleiwitz slave labor camp, a sub-camp of Auschwitz, prisoner number 187370. In November 1944, he was brought to the Auschwitz infirmary and diagnosed with pneumonia. Norman was liberated by the Soviet Army in January 1945. After the war ended in May 1945, Norman went to Landserg. He met Esther Klajner, a slave labor camp survivor from Bedzin. The couple married on March 19, 1946.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610218
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Leather wallet created by Norman Naftali Zylberminc in the Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. In March 1942, eighteen year old Norman was deported from Bedzin, Poland, to Gleiwitz slave labor camp, a sub-camp of Auschwitz, prisoner number 187370. In November 1944, he was brought to the Auschwitz infirmary and diagnosed with pneumonia. Norman was liberated by the Soviet Army in January 1945. After the war ended in May 1945, Norman went to Landserg. He met Esther Klajner, a slave labor camp survivor from Bedzin. The couple married on March 19, 1946.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610219
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Leather coin purse created by Norman Naftali Zylberminc in the Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. In March 1942, eighteen year old Norman was deported from Bedzin, Poland, to Gleiwitz slave labor camp, a sub-camp of Auschwitz, prisoner number 187370. In November 1944, he was brought to the Auschwitz infirmary and diagnosed with pneumonia. Norman was liberated by the Soviet Army in January 1945. After the war ended in May 1945, Norman went to Landserg. He met Esther Klajner, a slave labor camp survivor from Bedzin. The couple married on March 19, 1946.