Vintage Curta Calculator Type 1, No. 34354 Black Metal Container Slight Wear
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:587879 | Modified Item: No |
| Modification Description: Curt Herzstark and his Pocket Calculator CURTA Type 1 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Liechtenstein |
This was gifted to our 501(c) charity Angel Land Food Forest our website www.500Angels.org So we know little about it except it had been used. All parts are present. Metal Container gently worn.
How did this calculator ever get made?.. Read the amazing and fascinating history of this inventor and his calculator. http://www.vcalc.net/cu-bckup.htm Curt Herzstark was arrested by the Nazis in 1943 and placed in a concentration camp.Curt Herzstark was still in Buchenw...ald. It was 1944, and the Allies threatened the German Reich more and more. On August 18, 1944, the Gustloff Factories were bombed, several hundreds of prisoners died and half the factory was destroyed. During the second bombardment a fellow prisoner lying next to him was deadly injured by a bomb fragment. Curt Herzstark survived miraculously. The part of the factory that was still operable was moved to a deserted salt mine in Billroda, 30 kilometers from camp Buchenwald. Here, 600 meters below the surface, they tried to resume production. Two days before the liberation the prisoners walked back to Buchenwald. Finally, the Americans liberated camp Buchenwald on April 11, 1945.Contina AG was founded in 1946 Curt Herzstark and his pocket calculator CURTA went into production 1948This calculator is around 67 years old, gentle wear on metal canister.. hope I look as good at 67 ... Vintage. Please be an Angel and give generously for this historical gift of mans growth. Feel good about helping others. Thank you so very much.WILL ACCEPT RETURNS, BUYER PAYS MAILING COSTS. Paypal Payments only.
How did this calculator ever get made?.. Read the amazing and fascinating history of this inventor and his calculator. http://www.vcalc.net/cu-bckup.htm Curt Herzstark was arrested by the Nazis in 1943 and placed in a concentration camp.Curt Herzstark was still in Buchenw...ald. It was 1944, and the Allies threatened the German Reich more and more. On August 18, 1944, the Gustloff Factories were bombed, several hundreds of prisoners died and half the factory was destroyed. During the second bombardment a fellow prisoner lying next to him was deadly injured by a bomb fragment. Curt Herzstark survived miraculously. The part of the factory that was still operable was moved to a deserted salt mine in Billroda, 30 kilometers from camp Buchenwald. Here, 600 meters below the surface, they tried to resume production. Two days before the liberation the prisoners walked back to Buchenwald. Finally, the Americans liberated camp Buchenwald on April 11, 1945.Contina AG was founded in 1946 Curt Herzstark and his pocket calculator CURTA went into production 1948This calculator is around 67 years old, gentle wear on metal canister.. hope I look as good at 67 ... Vintage. Please be an Angel and give generously for this historical gift of mans growth. Feel good about helping others. Thank you so very much.WILL ACCEPT RETURNS, BUYER PAYS MAILING COSTS. Paypal Payments only.
