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The striped overcoat of a prison uniform worn at the Buchenwald concentration camp bearing a purple triangle on the number patch.

Photograph | Photograph Number: N00268
The striped overcoat of a prison uniform worn at the Buchenwald concentration camp bearing a purple triangle on the number patch. The prisoner number is #38641. The inverted purple triangle badge identifies the prisoner as a Jehovah's Witness.

The striped overcoat of a prison uniform worn at the Buchenwald concentration camp bearing a purple triangle on the number patch.

The prisoner number is #38641. The inverted purple triangle badge identifies the prisoner as a Jehovah's Witness.

Date
1937 - 1945
Locale
Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation
ARTIFACTS -- Objects -- Clothing/Uniforms/Textiles
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Franz & Maria Wohlfahrt

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Geography
Washington, DC United States
Artifact Photographer
Arnold Kramer

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Franz & Maria Wohlfahrt
Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.222.1.3
 
Record last modified: 2001-03-16 00:00:00
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