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Concentration camp inmate uniform jacket

Object | Accession Number: 1994.57.1

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    Concentration camp inmate uniform jacket

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    The jacket was issued to Henry Mikols in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
    Date
    received:  1942
    Geography
    received: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Mikols
    Markings
    "P" in black ink, written in center of red triangle
    number "2636" written in black ink on white label
    Contributor
    Subject: Henry Mikols
    Biography
    Henry Mikols, born Hieronim Mikolajczak, was born in Poznan, Poland. He was arrested in May 1940, at the age of fourteen, for the purpose of performing slave labor in Germany. Eventually, he was interned in Buchenwald concentration camp. From Buchenwald, he was forced on a march to Bergen-Belsen in March 1945, where he was liberated by the British on April 15, 1945.

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Clothing and Dress
    Object Type
    Jackets (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Buttoned blue and gray vertically striped; white label on left breast, inverted red triangular patch sewn above white label.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 30.000 inches (76.2 cm) | Width: 24.020 inches (61.011 cm)
    Materials
    overall : cotton, plastic

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Henry Mikols.
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 17:51:35
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