Henry Carter collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8386
• English
• overall: Height: 25.625 inches (65.088 cm) | Width: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner in Auschwitz I, II, and III concentration camps from December 1942-January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz II...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8387
• English
• overall: Height: 27.750 inches (70.485 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Striped concentration camp uniform pants worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner in Auschwitz I, II, and III concentration camps from December 1942-January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz III...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8388
• English
• overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Depth: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Striped concentration camp uniform cap worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner in Auschwitz I, II, and III concentration camps from December 1942-January 1945. It has his prisoner number 90065 embroidered on the front. Armband with a red cross worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner and nurse in Block 19, the hospital, in Auschwitz I concentration camp, from ca. 1943 until his liberation in January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Kr...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8389
• English
• 1939-1945
• overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Star of David lapel pin owned by Henryk Karter identifying him as a member of an association of former Nazi prisoners based in Israel. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Buna). After si...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8390
• English
• overall: Height: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Width: 16.875 inches (42.863 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Armband with a red cross worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner and nurse in Block 19, the hospital, in Auschwitz I concentration camp, from ca. 1943 until his liberation in January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, h...