Joseph Wardzala collection

Identifier: irn84488
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84488

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Joseph Wardzala.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a forced labor badge, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Joseph Wardzala, a Roman Catholic who was deported from Poland to a forced labor camp in Germany during World War II. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Food ration coupon issued to a Polish forced laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3349
- English
- overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Food ration coupon issued to Joseph Wardzala for Lebenstedt Firmenlager, a work camp near Braunschweig, Germany. The coupon has separate sections for warm and cold food and for sugar rations. Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany in September 1939. In April 1941, Joseph, age 18, a Roman Catholic, was kidnapped by the Germans from the streets of Tarnow and deported to Watenstedt-Salzgitter labor camp in northwest Germany. He was forced to work in construction for the German Army. Joseph was liberated by American troops in April 1945. He was taken to a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation A...
Forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, worn by a Polish Catholic kidnapped into forced labor service
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3350
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, issued to 18 year old Joseph Wardzala in 1941 to identify him as a Polish forced laborer in the Watenstedt-Salzgitter labor camp in northwest Germany. German regulations required the workers to wear the badge with the purple band visible around the P on the right chest to keep them separate from the German populace. During the German occupation of Poland, 1939-1945, many non-Jewish Polish people were sent to Germany as conscript labor for civilian labor details on farms and factories. Workers sometimes volunteered for the forced labor service, but...
Marianna Wardzala identification card
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523001
- English
- 1943
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The identification card ("Kennkarte") was issued to Marianna Wardzala in 1943 in Tarnów, Poland.
Joseph Wardzala papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn548939
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consists of documents and photographs relating to the experiences of Joseph Wardzala, a Roman Catholic who was deported from Poland to a forced labor camp in Germany during World War II.

Joseph Wardzala collection

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Food ration coupon issued to a Polish forced laborer

Forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, worn by a Polish Catholic kidnapped into forced labor service

Marianna Wardzala identification card

Joseph Wardzala papers