Kirschenbaum and Mosak family collection

Identifier: irn561536
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn561536

Acquisition

The uniform was donated to the USHMM in 1991 by Doris Mosak Lazarus and Lonia Mosak, and the accretion in 2017 by Doris Mosak Lazarus.

Scope and Content

Concentration camp uniform jacket. Accretion: Documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Leah (Lonia) Kirschenbaum and Uscher Mossak (Mosak) and surrounding their internment in concentration camps and displaced persons camps in Poland, Austria

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Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4301
- English
- overall: Height: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Blue and gray striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by Uscher Mosak while imprisoned in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Ebensee concentration camps from December 17, 1942 to May 6, 1945. On September 5, 1939, the German army occupied Uscher’s town, Plonsk, Poland. After May 1941, Uscher, wife Perla, and children, Mirjam and Hirsz, were interned in the closed ghetto. In December 1942, Uscher and his family were transported to Auschwitz and separated. He was assigned prisoner number 84225 and was a tailor in the camp. On January 18, 1945, as Soviet forces approached, Uscher was sent on a ...
Kirschenbaum and Mosak family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561537
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Leah (Lonia) Kirschenbaum and Uscher Mossak (Mosak) and their internment in concentration camps and displaced persons camps in Poland and Austria.

Kirschenbaum and Mosak family collection

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Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

Kirschenbaum and Mosak family papers