Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Marek Redner's "W" patch. This stood for Wehrmacht (army) and was worn by Jews employed in factories run by the German army in Lwow, Poland. It identifies the employee as "useful" to Germany and provided temporary protection from extermination.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Salomon Redner
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Badges (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 4.843 inches (12.301 cm) | Width: 3.622 inches (9.2 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton, plastic, leather, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The patch was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Salomon Redner, via his daughter Isabel Alcoff.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-22 10:39:54
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Also in Marek and Bronislawa Redner collection
Documents for Marek and Bronislawa Redner (nee Shrenzel); papers related to the ownership of property in Lvov; Marek Redner's armband from the Lvov Ghetto where he was a medical doctor; Marek Redner's "W" patch; photo of Bronislawa Redner; document for Benjamin-Hersch Lustig (copy).
Marek and Bronislawa Redner papers
Document
Identification, biographical, and financial papers documenting the Holocaust experiences of Marek and Bronislawa Redner in Lwów, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine). Identification cards of Marek and Bronislawa include one that identifies Marek as a doctor in Lwów in 1942. The bulk of the collection consists of financial documents related to Marek’s property, its expropriation in 1941, and restitution claims in 1966. Also included is a postwar photograph of Bronislawa and a copy of a 1942 document issued to Benjamin-Hersch Lustig (donor Salomon Redner’s father-in-law) revoking his license to sell poultry.
Armband
Object
The armband was worn by Dr. Marek Redner who continued to take care of his patients after they were moved into the Lwow ghetto which was liquidated in 1943, It is inscribed ARZT (medical doctor).
