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    Collection Summary
    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, a three page letter, and two photographs relating to the experiences of John Hein, originally from Germany, as a soldier in the United States Army during the liberation of Zwodau labor camp in Czechoslovakia during World War II.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by John Hein.
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    John Hein papers

    Document | Accession Number: 1988.140

    Date
    1945

    Star of David badge with Jude given to a US liberator by an inmate

    Object | Accession Number: 1988.140.4

    Geography
    received: Zwodau (Concentration camp); Svatava (Karlovarskyy kraj, Czech Republic)
    Date
    1945 May 07-1945 May 09
    Star of David badge with Jude given to a US liberator by an inmate
    Record last modified:
    2023-02-24 12:19:44
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