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Identification tag issued to a slave laborer at the munitions factory

Object | Accession Number: 1989.173.1 a-b
1989.173.1 front Identification tag issued to a slave laborer at the munitions factory Click to enlarge 1989.173.1 front Identification tag issued to a slave laborer at the munitions factory Click to enlarge

ID tag issued to Bronia Eiger-Sitner, a slave laborer at the munitions factory in Radom, Poland. She kept it with her after she was deported from Radom to Auschwitz. [Ref 1] Issued to Bronia Eiger-Sitner (relative of donor), circa 1944, Radom, Poland. Heart and mezuzah may have been added after the war.

Date
found:  approximately 1944
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Labels
Object Type
Name tags (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ania R. Hoptman

About This Object

Physical Description
Tag #578; attached w/blue thread are a red plastic heart and a mezuzah.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
Materials
overall : bakelite (tm), metal, cloth, paper
Markings
"Haftling/578"

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The identification tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Ania R. Hoptman.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:21:40
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn891

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Document

Image of a delegation of members of the Jewish students union of Munich laying a wreath at Dachau in 1950. Ania R. Hoptman (donor) is pictured at center.

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