Food storage tool from Oscar Shinler's factory used during the Holocaust

Food storage tool from Oscar Shinler's factory used during the Holocaust

Food storage tool made of enamel-coated tin that was used by a Jew during the Holocaust, made by Oscar Schindler's "German Enamel Factory" (Die Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik, DEF). 1940s.

At the outbreak of World War II and the occupation of Poland by the Germans in September 1939, Schindler moved to Krakow, Poland, in search of business opportunities. In October, an enamel manufacturing plant in Zablocie near Krakow took over. Prior to the Nazi occupation, the factory was owned by a Jew named Nathan Wurzel. In addition, he took over a houseware shop that sold the produce of that factory and was originally owned by another Jew - Julius Wiener. Due to the outbreak of war, Production of pots and pans were prohibited, due to the shortage of metals. Schindler manufactured in his factory, the German Enamel Factory (Die Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik, DEF), cutlery and enamelled cutlery and sold them to the Wehrmacht. Schindler's factory employed 370 Jewish workers. The metal scraps produced pots and pans and these were sold in the black market. Schindler expanded his factory and set up a clinic, dining room, office and consumer space at its peak, spanning 45,000 square feet and employing about 800 people.

Before us a tool for storing food produced at Schindler's factory in those years and served a jewish women resident of Germany during the terrible Holocaust years. At the depositor's request, we do not publish his mother's name. Her personal details will be given to those interested in purchasing the item.

Enamel coated tin. Height: 16 cm. Maximum diameter: 14 cm. Rusty closing mechanism. Good condition.