Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Issued to Ignac Reiss, Görlitz concentration camp.
- Geography
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issue:
Gorlitz (Concentration camp);
Gorlitz (Germany : Landkreis)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Daniel Segal
- Contributor
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Subject:
Ignac Reiss
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Name tags (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal pin attached to a piece of cloth with frayed edges; blue and white striped pattern.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Width: 9.760 inches (24.79 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wool, dye, 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 pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Daniel Segal, the grandson of Ignac Reiss.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-10-16 13:26:41
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5955
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Also in Ignac Reiss collection
The collection consists of documents containing information about the testimony provided to West German authorities by Ignaz (or Ignatz) Riess concerning life in the Przemysl ghetto and alleged crimes committed there by Josef Schwammberger and Rudulf Bennewitz. The collection also includes an identification pin attached to a piece of concentration camp uniform. The pin was issued to Ignac Reiss at the Görlitz concentration camp.
Identification pin attached to piece of concentration camp uniform
Object
Identification pin attached to piece of concentration camp uniform Issued to Ignac Reiss (donor's grandfather), Görlitz concentration camp.
Records relating to the participation of Ignaz Riess in the case of Rudolf Bennewitz and Josef Schwammberger
Document
Contains information about testimony provided to West German authorities by Ignaz (or Ignatz) Riess concerning life in the Przemysl ghetto and alleged crimes committed there by Josef Schwammberger and Rudulf Bennewitz. (See NOTES field below for comments on questions concerning the correct spelling of Reiss's given name.).
