Norbert Orgler collection

Identifier: irn560461
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 2017 by Siegfried Orgler, son of Norbert and Auguste Orgler.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a newspaper, correspondence, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Norbert Orgler in Germany and Belgium before the Holocaust, and in several internment, forced labor, and concentration camps in France, Poland and Germany, including Bergen-Belsen where he perished during the Holocaust.

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Norbert Orgler papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn557423
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Collection of correspondence, envelopes, photograph, and death certificate documenting the experiences of Norbert Orgler (donor’s father) during the Holocaust.
Belgisch Staatsblad Belgian Official Gazette, January 8, 1950 Postwar Belgian gazette recording the death of a German Jewish concentration camp prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn560462
- English
- overall: Height: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Edition of the Belgian Official Gazette from January 8, 1950, recording the legal declaration of death for Norbert Orgler, a Jewish German shop owner. Norbert, his wife Auguste, and son Siegfried fled Cologne, Germany, for Antwerp, Belgium, days after his store was destroyed during Kristallnacht in early November 1938. Three of Norbert’s brothers, Leopold, Israel Jacob, and Josef, also fled to Antwerp with their families. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded Belgium, and Norbert and his brothers were considered enemy aliens and were arrested by Belgian authorities. They were deported to Saint C...

Norbert Orgler collection

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Norbert Orgler papers

Belgisch Staatsblad Belgian Official Gazette, January 8, 1950 Postwar Belgian gazette recording the death of a German Jewish concentration camp prisoner