Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Lid from tin can used to house ashes of cremated victims. Samuel Kaufman obtained the lids while serving with the US 76th Infantry Division. He was present at Buchenwald after the liberation of the camp.
- Date
-
found:
1945 May
- Geography
-
found:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Samuel Kaufman
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Samuel Kaufman
- Biography
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Samuel Kaufman was a member of the US 76th Infantry Division.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Fasteners
- Object Type
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Caps and closures (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Round lid imprinted with label "Krematorium Buchenwald"; above three blank lines, each line preceded with a religious symbol (first symbol: five pointed star, second symbol: unidentifiable, third symbol: cross).
- Dimensions
- Height: 4.370 inches (11.1 cm) | Width: 0.240 inches (0.61 cm)
- Materials
- overall : 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 ash can lid was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Samuel Kaufman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-01 10:41:45
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn7294
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Object
Lid from tin can used to house ashes of cremated victims. Samuel Kaufman obtained the lids while serving with the US 76th Infantry Division. He was present at Buchenwald after the liberation of the camp.
Buchenwald crematorium ash can lid
Object
Lid from tin can used to house ashes of cremated victims. Samuel Kaufman obtained the lids while serving with the US 76th Infantry Division. He was present at Buchenwald after the liberation of the camp.
Buchenwald crematorium ash can lid
Object
Lid from tin can used to house ashes of cremated victims. Samuel Kaufman obtained the lids while serving with the US 76th Infantry Division. He was present at Buchenwald after the liberation of the camp.
Buchenwald crematorium ash can lid
Object
Lid from tin can used to house ashes of cremated victims. Samuel Kaufman obtained the lids while serving with the US 76th Infantry Division. He was present at Buchenwald after the liberation of the camp.
