Institute of National Remembrance collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn512989
• English
• 1920
• overall: Height: 169.000 inches (429.26 cm) | Width: 113.625 inches (288.608 cm) | Depth: 381.000 inches (967.74 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Association type 2 (A2), Gedeckter (G, covered) freight wagon owned by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR, German National Railway), one of several types used to transport victims through the Nazi camp system and to killing centers during the Holocaust. The car, numbered 31599, is a 15T (rated to carry 15 tons), equipped with a brakeman’s box, making it a Karlsruhe class wagon. The cars continued to be used after World War II, and as parts on the cars degraded, they were replaced with others from a variety of manufacturers. A2 railcars were produced from 1910-1927, and were originally used to tran...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn631124
• English
• 1910
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Depth: 853.000 inches (2166.62 cm) a-b: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Depth: 853.000 inches (2166.62 cm) c: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 57.750 inches (146.685 cm) d: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Depth: 55.500 inches (140.97 cm) e: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 21.125 inches (53.658 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) f: Height: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Width: 22.375 inches (56.833 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) g: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 22.625 inches (57.468 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) h: Height: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Width: 22.625 inches (57.468 cm) | Depth: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) i: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) j: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) k: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) l: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 27.000 inches (68.58 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) m: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) n: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 27.125 inches (68.898 cm) o: Height: 3.325 inches (8.446 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 27.250 inches (69.215 cm) p: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 27.125 inches (68.898 cm) q: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 27.125 inches (68.898 cm) r, t, aa, ai: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) s, y, ab, af, ah: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) u, v, w, x, z, ac, ad, ae, ag, aj: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) ak: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) al-ao: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) ap-as: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) at: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) au: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) av-ax: Height: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) ay: Height: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) az: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) ba: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) bb-bd: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) be-bq: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) br-bt: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) bu-bv: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) bw-cj: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) ck-cs: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) ct: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) cu-cv: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) cw, cx: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Railroad rails and components from railroad tracks that led to Treblinka killing center in German-occupied Poland. The individual rail segments were connected end to end with fasteners called fishplates (joint bars), which were bolted to internal holes in the rails to secure the tracks together and keep them from moving as trains passed over them. During the Holocaust, the Nazis used the European rail network to transport their victims into the camp system, and eventually to killing centers in German-occupied Poland. Deportation trains were ordered by telegram or telex, and gave the amount ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn631240
• English
• overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 437.125 inches (1110.298 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Large metal chain with a hook on the end acquired with a railroad freight car and railroad rails from Poland in 1989.