Overview
- Date
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1942-1945
- Geography
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use:
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp);
Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nestor Winters
- Markings
- stamped left side, in ink, "SAMOSPRAVA BYV. GHETA TEREZINA/ZORAVOTNICTVI" circular surrouding medical symbol
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Armbands
- Object Type
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Armbands (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Soiled white band, trimmed top and bottom in red fabric; inscribed, in ink, central "K.L./TEREZIN." Potentially issued to Evelyn Glass when interned at the camp.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.880 inches (17.475 cm) | Width: 4.120 inches (10.465 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, ink
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 1998 by Nestor Winters.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 13:12:38
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12694
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The collection consists of an armband and two documents relating to the experiences of inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia during and after the Holocaust.
Date: 1944-1945
Asch Family Papers
Document
Contains two letters from the Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain, informing Mrs. C. Asch of London that members of the Asch family have been liberated in Theresienstadt and have returned to Berlin, August-September 1945.
