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1. Concentration camp uniform jacket with purple triangle worn by Jehovah’s Witness
1989.271.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.271.1
Date:
use: 1938 September-1945 April
… persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse to swear loyalty to a worldly government or serve in the armed forces. The Nazis…
2. Concentration camp uniform coat worn by an Austrian Catholic inmate
1989.235.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.235.1
Date:
use: 1944 March 25-1945 April 29
…Concentration camp uniform knee length coat worn by Karl Unterthiner, an Austrian Catholic political prisoner in Dachau concentration camp from March…
3. Concentration camp uniform trousers worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… quickly established a Nazi dictatorship. The government actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions did not permit them to swear…
4. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.1
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
5. Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate
1995.95.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.95.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1939-1945
…'s Witness. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God. The missionary and outreach work practiced by members…
6. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
… political prisoner and assigned prisoner number 137605. As a Polish prisoner, Mieczyslaw was able to send and receive letters. He corresponded with Wladyslaw…
7. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.1
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… quickly established a Nazi dictatorship. The government actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions did not permit them to swear…
8. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
… political prisoner and assigned prisoner number 137605. As a Polish prisoner, Mieczyslaw was able to send and receive letters. He corresponded with Wladyslaw…
9. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.2
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
10. Concentration camp uniform coat with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… quickly established a Nazi dictatorship. The government actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions did not permit them to swear…