Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thomas McKeown
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- hexagonal form constructed of metal; embossed in center and surrounded by raised edges is "8./II SS - TV/125/Braunhemd"; at top near raised edges is 1/4" oblong hole.
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The identification tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Thomas McKeown.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 11:35:35
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn30064
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The collection consists of photographs, identification tags and Buchenwald scrip.
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark
Object
2 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.
SA Braunhemd badge
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Thomas McKeown collection
Document
The Thomas McKeown collection includes photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation, believed to have been taken by Thomas McKeown, and three pieces of Buchenwald scrip.
