Moses Silberberg collection

Identifier: irn90408
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Moses Silberberg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap and trousers, five Buchenwald scrip, documents, and a book relating to the experiences of Moses Silberberg, who was a prisoner in Plaszow, Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps in Poland and Germany during the Holocaust and when living in Germany and Switzerland after the Holocaust.

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Moses Silberberg collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn548906
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The Moses Silberberg collection consists of samples of camp scrip from Buchenwald concentration camp and two copies of "Buchenwald Lied," including the lyrics to several songs sung in the Buchenwald camp by Moses Silberberg and fellow inmates.
Striped concentration camp uniform trousers worn by Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6893
- English
- overall: Height: 27.000 inches (68.58 cm) | Width: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Striped summerweight concentration camp uniform trousers worn by Moses Silberberg while imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp from February 10 to April 11, 1945. On September 6, 1939, the German army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland, and looted his family’s grocery store. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave laborer in Krakau-Płaszów concentration camp. On March 13 and 14, 1943, the ghetto was liquidated and Berek and Matla were sent to Auschwitz-Birk...
Our Destruction in Pictures Hurbanenu bi-temunot Unsere Verwüstungen in Bildern Photobook
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6895
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Book of photographs, Our Destruction in Pictures, acquired by Moses Silberberg, a survivor of four German concentration camps, while living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp after the war. The photographs were collected, annotated, and published by the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the British Zone in Bergen-Belsen DP camp in December 1946. The images show scenes of atrocities committed against Jews during the Holocaust, including mass murder, humiliations, such as cutting the hair of religious Jews, forced labor, hangings, and deportations from Germany and Poland, with m...
Dark blue concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6896
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Depth: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Dark blue concentration camp uniform cap worn by Moses Silberberg while imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp from February 10 to April 11, 1945. On September 6, 1939, the German army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland, and looted his family’s grocery store. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave laborer in Krakau-Płaszów concentration camp. On March 13 and 14, 1943, the ghetto was liquidated and Berek and Matla were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing cen...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, issued to inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6897
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buchenwald canteen coupon, 1 Reichsmark, issued to Moses Silberberg between February 10 to April 11, 1945, when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. There were two types: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades. On September 6, 1939, the German Army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave labor...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, issued to inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6898
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buchenwald canteen coupon, 3 Reichsmark, issued to Moses Silberberg between February-April 1945 when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. There were two types: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades. On September 6, 1939, the German Army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave laborer in Kraka...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, issued to inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6899
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buchenwald canteen coupon, 3 Reichsmark, issued to Moses Silberberg between February-April 1945 when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. There were two types: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades. On September 6, 1939, the German Army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave laborer in Kraka...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, issued to inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6900
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buchenwald canteen coupon, 3 Reichsmark, issued to Moses Silberberg between February-April 1945 when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. There were two types: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades. On September 6, 1939, the German Army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave laborer in Kraka...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, issued to inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6901
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buchenwald canteen coupon, 3 Reichsmark, issued to Moses Silberberg between February-April 1945 when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. There were two types: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades. On September 6, 1939, the German Army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave laborer in Kraka...