Identification tag found by a US soldier near Auschwitz
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Clyde W. Dooley, a member of the U.S. occupying forces, found the tag near the Auschwitz Concentration camp.
- Date
-
found:
approximately 1945
- Geography
-
found:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp);
Oświęcim (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James Dooley
- Markings
- front, etched, "6054"
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Clyde W. Dooley
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Name tags (lcsh)
- 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
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 identification tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Major James Dooley, the son of Clyde Dooley.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:15
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn796
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