Branding iron retrieved from Dachau by a US soldier
- Date
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found:
approximately 1945 May
- Geography
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found:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Language
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German
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Animal equipment
- Object Type
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Branding irons (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charles Highbarger
Branding iron discovered by Andrew J. Highbarger at Dachau concentration camp. Highbarger was a sergeant in the 4th Division of the 3rd US Army. He believed that it had been used to brand prisoners who had escaped from Dachau or from the camps where they had been incarcerated before being transferred to Dachau.
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 17:50:57
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