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101. Unused pink triangle concentration camp prisoner patch with a black letter T found by US forces
1991.198.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.198.7
Date:
found: 1945 April 22
use: 1947 April-1947 August
…. He handled the investigation of Zwieberge-Malachit concentration camp for evidence of war crimes for use in the War Crimes Trials planned by the Allies…
102. Stainless steel fork with SS runes acquired by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate
1998.130.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.130.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945
…The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform jacket, a fork, and a letter relating to the experiences of Getzel Fingerhut (later George…
103. Unused black triangle concentration camp patch with a white letter T found by US forces
1991.198.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.198.12
Date:
found: 1945 April 22
use: 1947 April-1947 August
…. He handled the investigation of Zwieberge-Malachit concentration camp for evidence of war crimes for use in the War Crimes Trials planned by the Allies…
104. White armband with a red cross worn by a concentration camp inmate
1993.90.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.90.5
Date:
use: approximately 1943-1945 January
…The collection consists of an armband, a concentration camp uniform jacket, pants, and cap, and a commemorative pin relating to the experiences of…
105. Red wool triangular inmate badge retrieved by a US soldier at a concentration camp
1995.105.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.105.2
Date:
found: approximately 1945 May
… Germany, including the liberation of Dachau concentration camp in spring 1945.…
106. Soap found in a liberated concentration camp by a US soldier
1992.122.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.122.2
Date:
found: after 1945 April 11-before 1945 August
… assisted in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, which was discovered by the 6th Army on April 11. The war ended on May 7, 1945…
107. White blouse made for an infant born in a concentration camp
1996.20.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.20.2
Date:
creation: approximately 1945 April
… in 2005 at the 60th commemoration of the camp's liberation.…
108. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, with an inscription found by a US soldier
2012.302.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.302.3
Date:
found: 1945 April
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Weimar (Thuringia)--Personal narratives, American.…
109. Embroidered cap made for an infant born in a concentration camp
1996.20.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.20.1
Date:
creation: approximately 1945 April
…. Hanna reunited with her rescuer in 2005 at the 60th commemoration of the camp's liberation.…
110. Unused green triangle concentration camp prisoner patch with a black letter S found by US forces
1991.198.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.198.5
Date:
found: 1945 April 22
use: 1947 April-1947 August
…. He handled the investigation of Zwieberge-Malachit concentration camp for evidence of war crimes for use in the War Crimes Trials planned by the Allies…
111. Concentration camp uniform dress with number 94593 worn by a German Jewish inmate
1994.24.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.24.1
Date:
use: 1943 April-1945 January
…Concentration camp uniform dress with number 94593 worn by a German Jewish inmate…
112. Waffen-SS Muslim red fez found by a US soldier at Ohrdruf concentration camp
2006.167.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.167.1
Date:
found: after 1945 April
… following its liberation in 1945. Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, was the first concentration camp liberated by the U.S. Army.…
113. Unused red triangle concentration camp prisoner patch with a black letter I found by US forces
1991.198.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.198.10
Date:
found: 1945 April 22
use: 1947 April-1947 August
…. He handled the investigation of Zwieberge-Malachit concentration camp for evidence of war crimes for use in the War Crimes Trials planned by the Allies…
114. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, .50 Reichsmark, found by a US soldier
2016.136.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.136.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945 April 15
… of American troops to enter and liberate Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany in April 1945.…
115. German Panzer totenkopf insignia taken from a guard at Dachau concentration camp
1991.114.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.114.1
Date:
found: 1945 May
found: 1945 May
… encountered several concentration camps, including Hadamar. They then encountered and liberated the few surviving prisoners at Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald…
116. Concentration camp uniform cap with 90065 worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.90.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.90.3
Date:
use: 1942 December-1945 January
…The collection consists of an armband, a concentration camp uniform jacket, pants, and cap, and a commemorative pin relating to the experiences of…
117. Red wool triangular inmate badge retrieved by a US soldier at a concentration camp
1995.105.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.105.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945 May
… Germany, including the liberation of Dachau concentration camp in spring 1945.…
118. Unused red triangle concentration camp prisoner patch with a black letter I found by US forces
1991.198.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.198.11
Date:
found: 1945 April 22
use: 1947 April-1947 August
…. He handled the investigation of Zwieberge-Malachit concentration camp for evidence of war crimes for use in the War Crimes Trials planned by the Allies…
119. Unused green triangle concentration camp patch with an S found by a US military aid worker
1989.295.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.295.10
Date:
found: 1945 April-1945 June
… the day after Patton's 3rd Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945. Buchenwald was then transferred to the command of the 1…
120. Ring with a red heart and inmate numbers made from a spoon in a concentration camp
2006.467.1, ring with heart made from spoon, Solomon Goldstein Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2006.467.1
Date:
received: after 1943 October-before 1945 January
creation: after 1943 October-before 1945 January
…. During the summer of 1943, Sol was transferred to Janinagrube concentration camp, first building the camp’s electric fence and later, working in a coalmine…