Identification tag

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : Sewn : silver, brown, yellow ; Ht: 2 54 cm x W: 7 cm
Date
1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : Sewn : silver, brown, yellow ; Ht: 2 54 cm x W: 7 cm
Other Title Information
Personal Symbol
Date
1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Tag is made of metal, attached to leather bracelet with yellow button sewn on in black thread. Narrative: Henryk (Henry) Eisenberg’s metal tag from Mauthausen concentration camp. Henryk Eisenberg was born 1918-01-23 in Lodz, Poland. He was in Lodz (Liztmannstadt) ghetto from 1940-1944 working in Schneiderresort (sewing factory), then in Mauthausen camp (Austria) from August to December 1944 working as a barber. He was then sent to Ebensee camp (Austria) from September 1944 to May 1945 working in “Wiener Brockenbau” (bridge construction). Immediately after the war, he stayed at the UNRRA operated displaced persons camp in Bad Gastein (Austria).
Accession No.
2002.32.01
Name Access
Eisenberg, Ruth
Places
Mauthausen, Austria, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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