Handmade Jewish worker armband with a blue Star of David
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Armbands
- Object Type
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Armbands (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Noemi Ekert
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Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:05:51
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Also in Noemi Ekert collection
The collection consists of documents and an armband
Felemajer funeral photograph and Jakub Ekert labor ausweis
Document
Consists of: a black and white photographic print bearing the image of a crowd of men and women participating in a funeral of a Jewish student, Felermajer, who was killed by the ND (Endecja - Polish nationalist party), dated Spring 1939; Lvov, Poland; and an identification card (in 2 pieces): "Ausweis fur Arbeitsjuden," identification labor card, issued to "ECKERT JAKOB" number 111175, by the German labor department and the SD in the Drohobycz district;. The card states that Jakub Ekert worked in road building from 1 October 1942,l and starting on 5 May1943, he worked in a roofing paper factory in Stryj; dated May 15, 1943; Stryj, Poland.