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Identity tag issued and worn by Jewish man in Dachau concentration camp

Object | Accession Number: 1995.27.1
1995.27.1 front Identity tag issued and worn by Jewish man in Dachau concentration camp Click to enlarge

Issued to Bernard Stern at Dachau concentration camp.

Date
use:  approximately 1943-1945
Geography
issue: Dachau (Concentration camp); Dachau (Germany)
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Labels
Object Type
Name tags (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marlene Stern

About This Object

Physical Description
Rectangular, rounded corners, small puncture holes at each end.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm)
Materials
overall : wood, ink
Inscription
"80897" in ink, across center of tag
Contributor
Subject: Bernard Stern
Biography
Bernard Stern (1913-2000) was born Berl Stern on 20 April 1913 in Tauragė, Lithuania to Chava and Yosef Stern. He had 6 siblings: Ephraim, Jakob, Josheved, Shara, Smul, and Solim. Bernard became a pharmacist and lived in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania). He met Cipora Kagan while living there and they married. Their son Ben-Zion was born in 1939. In August 1941 the family was sent to the Kovno ghetto.

Ben-Zion was murdered in a Children’s Action in March 1944. In July 1944 Bernard was deported to the Dachau concentration camp. Cipora was deported in the same month to Stuffhof. He was liberated in April 1945. Bernard and Cipora were reunited after the war and lived in the Landsberg displaced person camp until December 1947 when they moved to Munich, Germany. While living in Landsberg, Bernard became the chief pharmacist for the camp. Their daughter Marlene was born on 27 January 1947. In May 1949 the family immigrated to the United States.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The identification tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Marlene Stern, the daughter of Bernard Stern.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:04:35
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Also in Bernard Stern collection

Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Stern family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

Bernard Stern papers

Document

The collection consists of photographs depicting the Holocaust-era experiences of Bernard Stern and his wife Cipora Stern (née Kagan). Included is a photographic postcard depicting Cipora (seated right) and another woman in Lithuania, circa 1935; the medical faculty of a university in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1939; and a post-war depicting a woman with a baby in her arms, 1947.

Stern family papers

Document

Consists of 38 black and white photographic prints and twenty-one documents concerning Berl (later Bernard) and Cipora Stern in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania during the Holocaust and their life in the Landsberg displaced persons camp with their daughter Marlene, born in the camp; dated circa 1940’s.

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