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Prisoner identification badge embroidered with 13268

Object | Accession Number: 2000.288.2
2000.288.2 front Prisoner identification badge embroidered with 13268 Click to enlarge
Date
approximately 1944-1945
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Badges
Object Type
Prisoner badges (ushmm)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zachary Gruzin

About This Object

Physical Description
Rectangular form constructed of striped gray and brown cloth with fringe along lower edge and embroidered number "132685" at lower right corner.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
Materials
overall : cloth

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The cloth was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Zachary Gruzin.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:06:23
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Also in Zachary Gruzin collection

The collection consists of a photographic postcard and a photograph of Zachary, Edward, and Charles Gruzin and their mother, Dora Gruzin in Kovno, Lithuania, a pass issued to Zachary Gruzin authorizing him to return to Lithuania from Landsberg, Germany, and a cloth prisoner identification badge embroidered with 13268.

Zachary Gruzin papers

Document

The Zachary Gruzin papers consist of a photograph of the Gruzin brothers, Edward Gruzin, Zachary Gruzin, and Charles Gruzin, Kovno, circa early 1930s; a photograph of Dora Gruzin with her twin sons Zachary and Charles Gruzin and their mother in Kovno, Lithuania, circa 1925-1926; and a pass issued to Zachary Gruzin authorizing him to return to Lithuania from Landsberg, Germany, 1945.

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