us-005578-irn60924-irn11661
type: RecordSet
archival history: The box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Joseph and Romana Koplewicz.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Metal box, with lid, hinged to open on top, engraved inside and outside. "verso: [bottom of box]"19-I-43 Mama i Dziunia?/19-I-43 Mielek Lipowski zash'zelany/Mielec 10-II-24-VII-44/Wieliczka 25-VII-1-VIII-44/[etched out inscription-illegible]/Flosenbuerg [sic] 4-9-VIII-44/Leitmeritz 10-VIII-19-X-44/Dachau 23-29-X-44/Augsburg 29-X-1-XII-44/Leonberg 1-XII-44-2-45/Kaufering 4-IV" Lager 1 6-IX-45"Lager 7 7-IV-45/Landau 10-IV-25-II-45/Landau 10-IV-25-IV-45/Ganacker/Eggenfelder/Bolek G./[at side] Lublin 24-30-IV-1943/Budzyn 30-IV-43-14 II-44/17-X-44 Wujazd/Kol. do Mathausen [sic]/VIII-42 Dzidek??/2-5-IV-45-Ewakuacja-Lemberg-Stuttgart-esslingen-Ulm-Kaufering
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1943-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: pol
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn11661
is or was included in: us-005578-irn60924
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.640 inches (6.706 cm) | Width: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Metal box made by Joseph Koplewicz in Poland in a slave labor camp, and carried close to his body throughout the Holocaust. The box was engraved by Binem Grunstein, during the time period of the Holocaust, with camp names and dates. Mr. Grunstein survived and resided in Australia. He passed away in 2013.
title: Metal box made by a slave laborer and engraved with camp names