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Identification tag found by a US soldier near Auschwitz

Object | Accession Number: 1988.81.1

1988.81 front
Identification tag found by a US soldier near Auschwitz

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Date: found: approximately 1945
Geography: found: Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Oświęcim (Poland)
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Labels
Object Type: Name tags (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James Dooley

Dimensions: overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.080 inches (0.203 cm)
Materials: overall : clay
Markings: front, etched, "6054"
Contributor: Subject: Clyde W. Dooley
Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates--Poland.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The identification tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Major James Dooley, the son of Clyde Dooley.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2023-01-31 14:16:15
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn796

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