Blanket removed from Dachau concentration camp after liberation

Object | Accession Number: 1995.126.2

Date: found: approximately 1945
Geography: found: Dachau (Concentration camp) after liberation; Dachau (Germany)
Classification: Furnishings and Furniture
Category: Household linens
Object Type: Blankets (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth A. Caranchini. In memory of her husband Urano S.N. Caranchini, Staff Sergeant-U.S. Army Company B 260 Combat Engineer Battalion, ETO.

Physical Description: Wool blanket
Materials: overall : wool
Contributor: Subject: Urano S. Caranchini
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The blanket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Mrs. Ruth A. Caranchini, the wife of Urano S.N. Caranchini.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:22:31
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The collection consists of two blankets removed from Dachau after liberation by Staff Sargeant Urano S. N. Caranchini of the 260th Combat Engineers.

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Staff Sargeant Urano S. N. Caranchini of the 260th Combat Engineers, removed this blanket from Dachau.