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ادوات السجل العروض	Wooden chessboard belonging to Paul Gottlieb إزالة من الاختيار ضف للاختيار رقم الكائنM1992/034 العنوانWooden chessboard belonging to Paul Gottlieb الوصفHinged wooden chessboard. It belonged to Paul Gottlieb, the donor, Lotte Forsher's, first husband. Paul and Lotte were married on 13 November 1941, two days before they were transported to Theresienstadt ghetto-concentration camp. Paul was then deported to Auschwitz, and from there to Schwarzheide, then to Oranienburg (both sub-camps of Sachsenhausen). It was at both of these camps that he had the chess board. He and other inmates used to play chess, with stones as chess pieces. Paul was liberated at Oranienburg by the Russians. He died on 9 May 1945, on the day of liberation, after eating rich, fatty meat given to him by the Russians. Paul's friend George Nathan who was with him during the war, and who knew what happened to him, gave the chessboard to Lotte after the war. (Source: Lotte Forsher) مكان الإنتاجGermany التاريخ 1944 - 1945 الموضوعHolocaust, concentration camps, forced labour camps, forced labour, sports & recreations اسم الكائنgames مادةwood Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Lotte Forsher

رقم الكائنM1992/034

العنوانWooden chessboard belonging to Paul Gottlieb

الوصفHinged wooden chessboard. It belonged to Paul Gottlieb, the donor, Lotte Forsher's, first husband.

Paul and Lotte were married on 13 November 1941, two days before they were transported to Theresienstadt ghetto-concentration camp. Paul was then deported to Auschwitz, and from there to Schwarzheide, then to Oranienburg (both sub-camps of Sachsenhausen). It was at both of these camps that he had the chess board. He and other inmates used to play chess, with stones as chess pieces. Paul was liberated at Oranienburg by the Russians. He died on 9 May 1945, on the day of liberation, after eating rich, fatty meat given to him by the Russians. Paul's friend George Nathan who was with him during the war, and who knew what happened to him, gave the chessboard to Lotte after the war. (Source: Lotte Forsher)

مكان الإنتاجGermany

التاريخ 1944 - 1945

الموضوعHolocaust, concentration camps, forced labour camps, forced labour, sports & recreations

اسم الكائنgames

مادةwood

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Lotte Forsher

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