The cap of a prison uniform and a number patch worn by concentration camp prisoner Karel Bruml at Auschwitz and Nordhausen. Both were issued to him in Auschwitz.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: N00048

Overview

Caption: The cap of a prison uniform and a number patch worn by concentration camp prisoner Karel Bruml at Auschwitz and Nordhausen. Both were issued to him in Auschwitz.
Date: 1941 - 1945
Locale: Auschwitz, [Upper Silesia] Poland
Variant Locale: Brzezinka
Birkenau
Auschwitz III
Monowitz
Auschwitz II
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Charles and Hana Bruml

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Charles and Hana Bruml

Source Record ID: Collections: 1989.303.25

Keyword: ARTIFACTS AUSCHWITZ/BIRKENAU BADGES CLOTHING CONCENTRATION CAMPS (ARTIFACTS) HATS NORDHAUSEN PHOTOGRAPHS (COMPOSITE) TEXTILES UNIFORMS (PRISONER)
Photo Designation: ARTIFACTS -- Objects -- Clothing/Uniforms/Textiles

Artifact Geography: Washington, DC United States
Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer
Biography: Charles Bruml (born Karel Bruml) was born to a Jewish family in Prague. His father was the owner of several shoe factories. In 1941 he was deported to Theresienstadt and from there to Auschwitz. As an artist, Karel was ordered to paint numbers on prisoner uniforms. In January 1945 he was put on a death march to Gleiwitz and then transported in an open coal wagon to Nordhausen. From there he was sent to Bergen-Belsen, where he was liberated by the British. He immigrated to the United States in 1946.