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Red triangle prisoner badge 67988 from Buchenwald

Object | Accession Number: 1991.88.1

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Red triangle prisoner badge 67988 from Buchenwald

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Geography: issue: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Badges
Object Type: Badges (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mira Kimmelman

Physical Description: Red triangle, #67988, white stitching: "K.L. Buchenwald"; metal safety pin attached.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 2.620 inches (6.655 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)
Materials: overall : cloth, metal
Contributor: Subject: Natan Laznowski
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Mira Ryczke Kimmelman, a family friend of Natan Laznowski.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2023-09-22 11:49:29
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5621

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