medical kit
Object numberM2018/058
Titlemedical kit
DescriptionMedical instruments in an enamel tin including a reusable syringe, a spring loaded intravenous needle, three intravenous needles and two other needles owned by Wolf Liberman. There is also a test tube but it’s unclear whether it is authentic or if it was used by Wolf. The syringe was made by a Swiss company called Socorex which was established in the 1940’s, and has the word ‘Auswechselbar’ (ínterchangeable’) next to the logo. One of the needles was made by the Eschmann England company. Wolf used these objects and his skills as a nurse to survive in the ghettos and camps.
Wolf (Zev) Liberman was born in Pabianice, Poland on 15 January 1913 to Abraham and Liba Liberman. He had three brothers Michael, Moritz (Morris), Stan (Shlomo) and a sister, Hela (Helena).
From 1937 to 1938 Wolf was stationed in Lodz with the Polish army. He got a position as ‘hilfsarzt’, an assistant nurse.
Wolf was in Pabianice ghetto from September 1939 until it was liquidated in May 1942. Initially he worked sewing buttons, until a small hospital was established, where he then worked as a nurse “to help make injections, to help making plaster, give medicine, to take care of the sick people”. Wolf and his father were then sent to Lodz ghetto, Gleiwitz and then shortly to Auschwitz where he worked as a nurse again. He was finally taken to the sub-camp Blechhammer where he was liberated.
Wolf married Ala Liberman (nee Krysztal) in 1946 and they moved to Israel in 1948. Their son Henry was born in 1949.
They migrated to Australia in January 1951. As a skilled textile technician, Wolf went to work for Mr Plzyszybiwicz in his factory in Surry Hills, and after a few months he took over the factory.
The medical kit was found after Wolf died in 2000 and donated by his son Henry Liberman in August 2018.
Wolf (Zev) Liberman was born in Pabianice, Poland on 15 January 1913 to Abraham and Liba Liberman. He had three brothers Michael, Moritz (Morris), Stan (Shlomo) and a sister, Hela (Helena).
From 1937 to 1938 Wolf was stationed in Lodz with the Polish army. He got a position as ‘hilfsarzt’, an assistant nurse.
Wolf was in Pabianice ghetto from September 1939 until it was liquidated in May 1942. Initially he worked sewing buttons, until a small hospital was established, where he then worked as a nurse “to help make injections, to help making plaster, give medicine, to take care of the sick people”. Wolf and his father were then sent to Lodz ghetto, Gleiwitz and then shortly to Auschwitz where he worked as a nurse again. He was finally taken to the sub-camp Blechhammer where he was liberated.
Wolf married Ala Liberman (nee Krysztal) in 1946 and they moved to Israel in 1948. Their son Henry was born in 1949.
They migrated to Australia in January 1951. As a skilled textile technician, Wolf went to work for Mr Plzyszybiwicz in his factory in Surry Hills, and after a few months he took over the factory.
The medical kit was found after Wolf died in 2000 and donated by his son Henry Liberman in August 2018.
Production date 1940 - 1945
Subjectghettos, camp experiences, Nursing
Object namemedical supplies
Materialenamel
Dimensions
- width: 220.00 mm
height: 90.00 mm
depth: 80.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Dr Henry Liberman