Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Offwhite prisoner patch with number 41679 issued to and worn by Jacques Stambul in Buchenwald concentration camp from November 17, 1943, to April 11, 1945 when the praioerns seized control of the camp. US forces entered the camp that afternoon and found more than 20,000 starved inmates.
- Date
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use:
1943 November 17-1945 April
- Geography
-
use:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora and Beatrice Stambul
- Contributor
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Subject:
Jacques Stambul
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, stained offwhite patch with the number 41679 stenciled in black ink acorss the center.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, ink
- Inscription
- front, black ink : 41679
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 badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Dora and Béatrice Stambul, the wife and daughter of Jacques Stambul.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:52
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn6074
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Also in Jacques Stambul collection
The collection consists of an identity card issued to Jacques Stambul (donors' husband and father), December 1953. Jacques Stambul had been arrested in November 1943 in France and deported to Buchenwald where he was interned from 17 November 1943 to April 1945.. It also includes a badge and a prisoner patch worn by Jacques Stambul in Buchenwald.
Jacques Stambul identity card
Document
Identity card issued to Jacques Stambul (donors' husband and father), December 1953. Jacques Stambul had been arrested in November 1943 in France and deported to Buchenwald where he was interned from 17 November 1943 to April 1945.
Badge worn by prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp
Object
Jacques Stambul wore this patch during his internment in Buchenwald from November 17, 1943 to April 1945.
