Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Blue striped heavy cotton pajama shirt stamped with Nazi insignia issued to soldiers serving in the German military during the Third Reich to wear in hospitals during recovery.
- Date
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use:
approximately 1940
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the National World War I Museum
- Markings
- back of collar on tag, red ink : 3
interior right side, stamped rectangle with Reichsadler, text below : -H. Lnz.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Men's clothing
- Object Type
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Pajamas (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Heavy, long-sleeved cotton jacket with thin cream, dark blue, and light blue vertical stripes. The collar has a hook and eye closure, a loop of cloth on the inside back collar, and a small white cloth tag with a 3 written in red. There are 5 buttons down the center opening. There is an extra layer of cloth sewn on the inside of the button placket with additional cloth on the side near the button to widen the jacket. There are patch pockets on each side of the torso, with a strip of cloth on the inside to reinforce the top opening. There is also a patch pocket on the inside left. On the right side is a rectangular stamp of a Reichsadler, a dexter facing eagle holding a wreath inside a rectangle with text outside the rectangle. On the back are 2 adjustable waist tabs with triangular ends, a plastic button, and a button hole.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 25.500 inches (64.77 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton, plastic, metal, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pajama shirt was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by the National World War I Museum.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:07
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41701
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The collection consists of hospital pajamas issued to German soldiers during World War II.
Date: approximately 1940-1945
Blue striped pajama pants worn during hospital stays by soldiers serving in the German military
Object
Blue striped heavy cotton pajama pants issued to soldiers serving in the German military during the Third Reich to wear in hospitals during recovery.