Jan Kamienski (1922-1976), a Polish citizen, was arrested by the Germans in April 1940 in Poznan, Poland, and sent to the concentration camps at Dachau, Mauthausen, and Augsburg. He spent around five years in concentration camps, apparently serving as a translator in the camps as he spoke and read German and Polish. He was very ill during his internment, but managed to survive until he was liberated by the Allied Forces. Jan Kamienski immigrated to the United States in 1951, and settled in De...

This archival collection accompanies the concentration camp uniform worn by Jan Kamienski (Object ID 99.218.1). It consists of photographic prints, infirmary records, identity cards, a certificate verifying his imprisonment, ration cards, and paperwork relating to his immigration to the United States and naturalization process. Of note is a photographic print of Kamienski wearing the concentration camp uniform, along with two other prisoners and a soldier, taken at Augsburg a few days after t...