us-005578-irn523027-irn523353
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archival history: The jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Morris Rosen.
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 …
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Un-dyed, yellowed white linen jacket with short sleeves and no collar, with 4 patch pockets on front: 2 left, 2 right. Front opening has 3 buttons made of tan plastic and silver-colored metal. Interior has 2 shoulder pads.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1945-01-01
has end date: 1949-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn523353
is or was included in: us-005578-irn523027
record resource extent: overall: Height: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm) | Width: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm)
results or resulted from: 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. The jacket was never worn. 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 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 DP camp, and emigrated from there to the United States in 1949.
title: Man's short-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp