Lot 831
Lublin Clogs. Pair of clogs, size 42, manufactured at the forced labor factories in Lublin. Leather nailed to painted wooden soles, interior stamped "Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke, Gmbh, Lublin." The clogs have never been worn. Fine condition.
Nazi authorities in Lublin (primarily the SS) operated the largest forced labor shoe factory in occupied Europe. Originally opened to utilize Jewish POWs, by 1940 the Nazis were demanding civilians be turned over for use in the factories. When the Judenrat failed to produce enough names, individual Jews were seized from ghetto streets. Prisoners disassembled leather goods confiscated from Jews all over Europe, including shoes, briefcases and suitcases (over 49,000 items were received in October 1943 alone) and nailed them to wooden soles produced at local forced labor sawmills. Records list 337,259 pairs of completed clogs in the Lublin warehouse at the beginning of November 1943. On November 3, 1943, as part of the Erntefest Aktion, 42,000 Jews in the Lublin district were rounded up and shot, including most of the Jews working in the factories.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
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