Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Bar of soap issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away.
- Date
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found:
1945
- Geography
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issue:
Stalag Luft IV;
Tychowo (Bialogard, Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rolland Pearce
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Rolland G. Pearce
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Object Type
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Soap (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Small, waxy, rectangular, greyish color bearing marking "RIF 0052" on one of the faces of the bar.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)
- Materials
- overall : soap
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 soap was donated to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Rolland Pearce.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:23:28
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12014
Also in Rolland Pearce collection
The collection consists of 2 bars of soap, cigarette papers, and razor blades relating otthe experiences of Rolland G. Pearce, a United States airman held as a prisoner of war by the German in Stalag Luft IV.
Date: 1945
Bar of soap issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag
Object
Bar of soap issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away.
Solali cigarette papers issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag
Object
Cigarette papers issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away.
Solali cigarette papers issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag
Object
Cigarette papers issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away.
Solali cigarette papers issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag
Object
Cigarette papers issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away.
Razor blades issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag
Object
Razor blades issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away.
Box of razor blades issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag
Object
Box of razor blades issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away.
