us-005578-irn523027-irn517435
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title: Man's long-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
has or had holder: us-005578
identifier: irn517435
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Un-dyed, yellowed white linen jacket with long sleeves and no collar, with 3 patch pockets on the front: upper left, lower left, and right. The waist has 1 small loop on each side. The front opening has 1 metal snap and 1 yellow plastic button. Interior has 2 shoulder pads.
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn523027-irn517435/acquisitions/1
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has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn523027-irn517435/alternateIDs/1
scope and content: Jacket made for 24-year-old Morris Rosen in the New Palestine displaced persons camp in Salzburg, Austria, after World War II, as he was preparing to emigrate to Palestine. In 1939, the Germans occupied Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, and established a Jewish ghetto, where Morris, his parents, and his 10 siblings were interned. From 1942-1944, the Germans transferred Morris through a series of camps in Germany and Poland. In early 1945, Morris was in the Kretschamberg labor camp when the Germans decided to evacuate the inmates because the Soviet Army was advancing in the region. The inmates began a death march to Buchenwald in Germany, then to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia, where he was liberated by Soviet forces in May 1945. He searched for his family, and learned that five of his siblings had survived. His parents had perished in Auschwitz. Morris lived for a time in the New Palestine dislpaced persons camp, then emigrated to the United States in 1949.
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-12-31
is or was included in: us-005578-irn523027
biographical history: Moniek Rozen (1922-2020) was born November 10, 1922, in Czestochowa, Poland, but grew up in Dabrowa Gornicza, an industrial town in the western region. His mother was Golda Chaja (nee Warszawska). His father, Jakub, owned a general store and the only government license to sell tobacco locally. Moniek had a sister, Bluma (b. 1926), and a brother, Josek (b. 1924). He had eight half-brothers and sisters from his father's first marriage to Pola Frochwajg, who died in 1919: Israel (b. 1914,), Leosia (b. 1911), Rozka (b. 1913), Rubin (b. 1912), Ruchcia (b. 1915), Sala (b. 1917), Tamara (b. 1919), and Yehiel (b. 1910). Even before the outbreak of World War II, organized anti-Semitism was increasing in Poland. In 1938, a boycott of Jakub Rozen’s store put it out of business. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Moniek fled east, but encountered German troops near the Vistula River and returned to Dabrowa. He found a changed town; the German had murdered many Jews and instituted anti-Jewish measures, including forced labor and the confiscation of property. In early 1942, they moved the Jews to a ghetto there. Moniek and 2 of his brothers were put to work in the Mittelstrasse labor camp as carpenters, bricklayers, and painters. Roundups of Jews for deportation become increasing frequent. Moniek often hid on weekends in an abandoned police station. In early May, there was a large scale round-up of females, age 13-30; over 450 young women were deported, including Moniek’s 16 year old sister, Bluma, who was sent to a labor camp, Gruenberg, in lower Silesia. On August 12, German officials ordered the Jewish populace to gather in a field for new identity cards. Several thousand, including Moniek’s parents, were deported to Auschwitz. Jakub and Golda were killed upon arrival. In October, Moniek was deported to a labor camp in Szczcakowa. He was put to work in a leather factory. In September 1943, he was transferred briefly to Sosnowitz and Annaberg concentration camps, then in October …
archival history: The jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Morris Rosen.
record resource extent: overall: Height: 26.500 inches (67.31 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm)
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-01-01