Michael J. Kraus collection

Identifier: irn538195
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn538195

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995, 2004, and 2006 by Michael J. Kraus.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two pieces of Theresienstadt scrip, correspondence, documents, memoirs, and three handwritten notebooks created from 1945-1947 relating to the experiences of Michal J. Kraus, (later Michael) who was interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen, Melk, and Gunskirchen concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Michael J. Kraus papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn535243
- English
- 1945-1947
- box oversize box folders 1 1 17
- Updated 7 months ago
The Michael J. Kraus papers contain documents and diaries concerning Kraus’s experiences as a child survivor of the Holocaust. Selected by Dr. Josef Mengele as one of the "Birkenau Boys," Kraus was interned at Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Mauthausen before being liberated in 1945. Included in his collection are records pertaining to his parent’s property and assets and letters his parents wrote from the concentration camps. Among the post-war material is correspondence between Michael and his liberators, a diary describing his memories from the war written between 1945 and 1947, ...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, owned by a child inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn538196
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Theresienstadt 50 kronen receipt that belonged to Michal Kraus, who at age 12 was interned with his parents Dr. Karel and Lotte Kraus in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from December 1942-December 1943. They were then deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and placed in the family camp. In June 1944, his mother was sent to Stutthof where hse perished in January 1945. When the family camp was closed in July, his father was ill and sent to be murdered in the gas chamber on July 11. Michal was one of 90 boys selected by Dr. Josef Mengele to live at a neighboring men's camp, later k...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, owned by a child inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn538197
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Theresienstadt 100 kronen receipt that belonged to Michal Kraus, who at age 12 was interned with his parents Dr. Karel and Lotte Kraus in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from December 1942-December 1943. They were then deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and placed in the family camp. In June 1944, his mother was sent to Stutthof. When the family camp was closed in July, his father was ill and was murdered in the gas chamber on July 11. Michal was one of ninety boys selected by Dr. Josef Mengele to live at a neighboring men's camp. In January 1945, as Soviet forces approached...

Michael J. Kraus collection

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Michael J. Kraus papers

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, owned by a child inmate

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, owned by a child inmate