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Leather ID bracelet with tag worn by a concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 1989.188.1
1989.188.1 front Leather ID bracelet with tag worn by a concentration camp inmate Click to enlarge

Prisoner identification bracelet issued to Edwin Chwedyk at Majdanek concentration camp in October 1942. It is stamped with his prisoner number 17215.

Date
issue:  1942 October
Geography
use: Majdanek (Concentration camp); Lublin (Poland)
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Labels
Object Type
Identification bracelets (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph Chwedyk, In memory of my brother

About This Object

Physical Description
Leather band with a metal tag and buckle. A number is stamped on the tag. It is curled into a v-shape.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
Materials
overall : leather, metal
Inscription
tag, stamped : 17215
Contributor
Subject: Edwin Chwedyk
Biography
Edwin Chwedyk contracted typhoid while in the Majdanek concentration camp. He was released and returned home where he subsequently died.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The bracelet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Joseph Chwedyk, the brother of Edwin Chwedyk.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:00:29
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