Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Armband acquired by Ernst Deutsch at the Dachau concentration camp immediately following its liberation in 1945. The armband is of the design issued to members of the Hitler Youth.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gary Deutsch. In memory of Ernst Deutsch.
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
- recto: red- and white-striped with black swastika at center; verso: center, adhesive paper label, "B/RZ/M/Hersteller:/U275/Reichszeugmeisterei der NSDAP./B No 439539"
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, ink, paper, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Gary Deutsch, the son of Ernest Deutsch.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-07 12:31:56
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12283
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Also in Ernst Deutsch collection
Contains material related to Ernst Deutsch (donor's father) and his efforts to emigrate from Vienna, Austria. Includes a certificate of residence issued in July 1937; a German passport with a red in stamp of the letter "J"; and a document from the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (Jewish Community of Vienna) certifying that the bearer is a "full Jew" for military recruitment authorities in post-Anschluss Vienna. Also includes a Jewish prayer book belonging to the family of Ernst Deutsch, and an armband acquired by Ernst Deutsch at the Dachau concentration camp immediately following its liberation in 1945. The armband is of the design issued to members of the Hitler Youth.
Ernst Deutsch papers
Document
Contains material related to Ernst Deutsch and his efforts to emigrate from Vienna, Austria. Includes a certificate of residence issued in July 1937; a German passport with a red in stamp of the letter "J"; and a document from the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (Jewish Community of Vienna) certifying that the bearer is a "full Jew" for military recruitment authorities in post-Anschluss Vienna.
