Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Numbered prisoner identification bracelet from Ebensee found by Adek Firestone, another inmate, on May 6, 1945, at Ebensee concentration camp outside the crematorium on a partially cremated hand on May 6, 1945.
- Date
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found:
1945 May 06
- Geography
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found:
Ebensee (Concentration camp);
Ebensee (Austria)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Adek Firestone in memory of his father, Moshe Jankiel Firestone (Feuerstein), of Lodz, Poland, who perished in Ebensee in April 1945.
- Contributor
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Subject:
Adek Firestone
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Identification bracelets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Charred and rusted rectangular metal band with a small hole on the left side. Part of the right side is missing. A number is stamped on one side.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
- Inscription
- stamped : [4?]1221
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Ebensee (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The prisoner identification bracelet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Adek Firestone.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-08 14:25:48
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn793
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Th collection consists of a bar of soap, a book, and an identification badge relating to the experiences of Adek Firestone in a Jewish refugee camp after the Holocaust.
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