Wacław Głouszek collection

Identifier: irn85438
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Iwona Bonacia, the daughter of Waclaw Głouszek.

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The collection consists of scrip, correspondences, diaries, copy prints, sheet music, and publications relating to the experiences of Waclaw Glouszek during the Holocaust, when he was interened as a non-Jewish political prisoner in several concentration camps and after the Holocaust when he lived in displaced persons camps.

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Wacław Głouszek papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn73142
- English
- folders 8
- Updated 1 year ago
The Wacław Głouszek papers consist of sheet music from Dora-Mittelbau, lyrics to patriotic and religious Polish songs, two diaries describing Głouszek’s camp, transport, and liberation experiences and including partial lists of fellow prisoners, a 1968 letter describing Głouszek’s efforts to save weak and emaciated Jewish prisoners from selection for the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Głouszek’s identification photograph from Auschwitz, four copy prints of Bergen-Belsen after liberation, and one copy print of General Eisenhower visiting Ohrdruf after liberation.
Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.10 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85445
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Mittelbau labor camp token, value -.10 mark, 011734, issued to Waclaw Glouszek, while he was a prisoner in Dora-Mittelbau / Nordhausen concentration camp circa January 1945. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Waclaw was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo in Krakow and held as a non-Jewish political prisoner. He was sent to Monowitz (Auschwitz III) concentration camp, where he played in the camp orchestra. In January 1945, Waclaw was transferred to Dora-Mittelbau. He was later sent to Bergen-Belsen where he was liberated in April 1945 by British forces.
Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, 1.- Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85447
- English
- overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Mittelbau labor camp token, value 1 mark, 000568, issued to Waclaw Glouszek, while he was a prisoner in Dora-Mittelbau / Nordhausen concentration camp circa January 1945. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Waclaw was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo in Krakow and held as a non-Jewish political prisoner. He was sent to Monowitz (Auschwitz III) concentration camp, where he played in the camp orchestra. In January 1945, Waclaw was transferred to Dora-Mittelbau. He was later sent to Bergen-Belsen where he was liberated in April 1945 by British forces.
Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.05 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85448
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Mittelbau labor camp token, value -.05 mark, 004373, issued to Waclaw Glouszek, while he was a prisoner in Dora-Mittelbau / Nordhausen concentration camp circa January 1945. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Waclaw was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo in Krakow and held as a non-Jewish political prisoner. He was sent to Monowitz (Auschwitz III) concentration camp, where he played in the camp orchestra. In January 1945, Waclaw was transferred to Dora-Mittelbau. He was later sent to Bergen-Belsen where he was liberated in April 1945 by British forces.

Wacław Głouszek collection

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Wacław Głouszek papers

Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.10 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner

Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, 1.- Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner

Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.05 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner