Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The armband is made of cloth and has screened letters which read, "Arbeitet für O.T." It was issued to a laborer.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Otto Springer
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
-
Identifying Artifacts
- Category
-
Armbands
- Object Type
-
Armbands (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany.
- Corporate Name
- Organisation Todt (Germany)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Otto Springer.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-09-06 11:32:40
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514384
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The collection consists of an armband and two food ration cards.
Date: approximately 1945
Otto Springer papers
Document
The papers consist of two food ration cards. One was issued in Lager Gräditz on 1 Jan. 1945, and the other was issued for the month of Jan. 1945
