us-005578-irn73303-irn616841
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date: 1944 September-1945 April
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title: Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
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identifier: irn616841
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
record resource extent: overall: Height: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm)
scope and content: Striped uniform pants worn by Herman Fayman while he was a prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp and its subcamp, Niederorschel forced labor camp in Germany, from September 1944 to spring 1945. Herman was born in Pelizza (likely Pilica), Poland, in 1906. In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, Herman was serving in the Polish army when he was captured as a prisoner of war (POW). Herman was interned in a POW camp in Biała Podlaska, and then sent to the town of Sosnowitz (now Sosnowiec). He was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp in March, 1941. After five months, he was sent to Kattowitz (now Katowice). Between 1942 until 1944, Herman was held in three forced labors camps: one in Faulbrück, (now Mościsko), one in Landeshut (now Kamienna Góra), and one in Annaberg, Germany (now, Góra Swietej Anny, Poland). In the late spring or early summer of 1944, Herman was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland. On September 30, Herman was transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, and then to one of its subcamps, Niederorschel, on October 30. In the spring of 1945, Herman escaped and went into hiding until American forces liberated the area. On February 21, 1947, Herman immigrated to the United States.
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archival history: The pants were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Anna Krosnecki, the daughter of Herman Fayman.
biographical history: Herman Fayman (1906-1986) was born in Pelizza Poland (likely Pilica, Poland), to Jewish parents, Moische and Sara (nee Pachter) Fayman. Jewish life in Pilica can be traced back continuously to the end of the 17th century, when the ban on Jewish residence in the town was lifted. The town was a center of Hasidism and had a majority Jewish population. Herman worked as a locksmith and a farmer, and before the war, he was a soldier in Krakow. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The country was quickly occupied, and Herman was among the large portion of Polish soldiers captured as prisoners of war (POWs). He was interned in a POW camp in German-occupied Biała Podlaska, along with 500 other Jewish POWs who arrived in early 1940. From Biała Podlaska, Herman was sent to the town of Sosnowitz (now Sosnowiec), where the Nazi authorities had taken away the Jewish population’s rights and isolated them from the rest of the population and the town’s economic life. In March, 1941, Herman was transported from Sosnowitz to Auschwitz concentration camp. He was placed in the main camp, where prisoners were used as forced laborers to expand the camp complex, which would eventually grow to include Auschwitz-Birkenau and Monowitz. Herman remained in Auschwitz for five months before he was transported a few miles north, to Kattowitz (now Katowice) in September. In 1942, he was sent to Faulbrück forced labor camp, in Faulbrück, (now Mościsko) located in Lower Silesia. Faulbrück was a subcamp in the Gross-Rosen concentration camp system. In the summer of 1944, Herman was sent to a newly constructed forced labor subcamp of Gross-Rosen, in Landeshut (now Kamienna Góra). In the camp, prisoners were forced to manufacture roller and ball bearings. Herman was only in Landeshut for a short time before he was deported to a forced labor camp in Annaberg, Germany (now Góra Swietej Anny, Poland). The prisoners in the Annaberg camp were forced to do carpentry work for Altana carpentry, tailor uni…
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physical characteristics and technical requirements: Blue and white, vertically striped, mediumweight, straight-leg, herringbone weave cloth pants. The stripes are woven into the cloth, and the seams are machine stitched with cream-colored thread. Centered on the front of the waistband, above a hidden fly, is a large, circular, dark brown plastic button with a corresponding buttonhole. Below the fly are three different buttons in descending order: a white plastic button with a fat raised lip, a dark brown plastic button with a concave center, and a cream-colored cloth button with a metal edge. There are three finished buttonholes sewn into a hidden placket. At each hip, gray, satiny cloth pockets are hidden by an in-seam opening with finished edges. Cream-colored cloth patches are sewn underneath large holes on the right knee with matching thread. The hem on the right leg is hand stitched. On the back, a heavy-weight, cream-colored, triangular piece of fabric is sewn in at the rear, creating more space at the waist. A slit on the bottom right leg near the hem has been repaired with cream-colored thread. The interior crotch is repaired with light blue cloth, and the waistband is lined with the same cloth as the pockets. A tag with black printed text is hand sewn to the back interior of the right leg just below the waistband. The right pocket is heavily frayed and there are holes at the left knee, above the right knee, and on the right rear area. The pants are very worn, and lightly stained overall. tag, interior waistband, printed, black ink : 49/7833 / J.Calkoen