us-005578-irn524556-irn610217
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn524556-irn610217/alternateIDs/1
biographical history: Esther Klajner was born in Bedzin, Poland, on September 20, 1924, to Mordechai and Rifka Klajner. Esther had three younger brothers: Szmul, born 1926, Alter, born 1931, and Herszel, born 1936. Esther was deported from Bedzin in March 1943 to the slave labor camp Ober Altstadt, a subcamp of Gross Rosen, where she worked in a flax spinning mill with more than 1000 other Jewish women. They were liberated on May 8, 1945. Esther went to a displaced persons camp in Landsberg, Germany. She learned that her parents and brothers were deported by the Germans in August 1943 to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center and murdered. While in Landsberg, Esther met Norman Naftali Zylberminc and the couple married on March 19, 1946.
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn524556-irn610217/acquisitions/1
identifier: irn610217
title: Leather briefcase made by a concentration camp survivor in Landsberg DP camp
has or had holder: us-005578
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1946-01-01
physical characteristics and technical requirements: a. Compact, rectangular, dark red, leather, clutch-type briefcase, with 1 main compartment. b. Leather strap for a briefcase (a.)
has record set type: Item
is or was included in: us-005578-irn524556
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1946-12-31
type: RecordSet
record resource extent: a: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
scope and content: Leather briefcase created by Norman Naftali Zylberminc in the Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. In March 1942, eighteen year old Norman was deported from Bedzin, Poland, to Gleiwitz slave labor camp, a sub-camp of Auschwitz, prisoner number 187370. In November 1944, he was brought to the Auschwitz infirmary and diagnosed with pneumonia. Norman was liberated by the Soviet Army in January 1945. After the war ended in May 1945, Norman went to Landserg. He met Esther Klajner, a slave labor camp survivor from Bedzin. The couple married on March 19, 1946.
archival history: The briefcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Esther Silver.