Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
- Date
-
found:
1945 May
- Geography
-
found:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jacob "Jack" Rutstein
- Contributor
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Subject:
Jacob J. Rutstein
- Biography
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Jacob Rutstein was a 1st Sgt. in the 116th Evacuation Hospital at Dachau concentration camp in May 1945.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Coins (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- octagonal coin with "60 PFG. Einsatz" and verso "SS - T.V. K.L."
- Dimensions
- overall: | Diameter: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Materials
- overall : copper
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Jacob Rutstein.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-29 12:55:01
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11685
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The collection consists of 13 coins and a hand-made tobacco pouch found at Dachau concentration camp post-liberation.
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1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Coin
Object
1 of 13 coins in a hand-made tobacco pouch found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
Hand-made tobacco pouch from Dachau concentration camp
Object
Hand-made tobacco pouch containing 13 coins found by Jacob Rutstein in a former SS barracks at Dachau concentration camp while they were being cleaned for conversion into hospital wards.
