Armband inscribed with camp names where the Polish Jewish inmate was imprisoned
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Armband worn by Mordka Grynbaum in Theresienstadt inscribed, possibly postwar, with his prisoner number and the names of concentration and slave labor camps where he was imprisoned. The red triangle would identify him as a political prisoner.
- Date
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commemoration:
1935-1945
- Geography
-
use:
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp);
Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rose Greenbaum
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Armbands
- Object Type
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Armbands (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- White cotton armband with red trim and a red triangular patch sewn in the upper right corner. The front has text and a number handwritten in blue ink and a circular blue inked stamp with German text.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton, silk, dye, ink
- Inscription
- front, hand printed, blue ink : K.L. / RIGA SCHTUTTOW / BUCHENWALD 83180 / TEREZIN
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Rose Greenbaum, the widow of Mordka Greenbaum.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:11
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1149
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