Historical collection
Suitcase
Author: Paweł Sawicki
A suitcase of Elsa Ury, a German Jewess, writer and the author of well know children books. She was deported to Auschwitz on January 12, 1943 in the 26th transport from Berlin. She probably died in the gas chamber.
Personal belongings
Author: Paweł Sawicki
Brushes and shaving machines - items plundered from people deported to Auschwitz
Glasses
Author: Paweł Sawicki
Glasses plundered from people deported to Auschwitz
Nivea cream
Author: Collections Department
A box of Nivea cream - one of the items stolen from people deported to Auschwitz
Coin
Author: Paweł Sawicki
A coin found among the objects plundered from people deported to Auschwitz
Cigarette case
Author: Preservation Department
A cigarette case - one of items plundered from people deported to Auschwitz
Spoon
Author: Preservation Department
Molten metal objects
Author: Preservation Department
Basket
Author: Paweł Sawicki
Wicker basket - one of the items plundered from people deported to Auschwitz
Children clothes
Author: Paweł Sawicki
Children clothes - shorts and a sock - plundered from the luggages of people deported for extermination. Their owners most probably were murdered in a gas chamber.
Jewish religious objects
Author: Paweł Sawicki
Jewish prayer book, a tallit - Jewish prayer shaw and a tefillin - small cubic leather box painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, worn by observant Jewish men during weekday morning prayers.
Prosthesis
Author: Paweł Sawicki
A prosthesis - an item plundered from people deported to Auschwitz
