World War II Concentration Camp Uniform, 1940-1945
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Artifact Overview
This uniform was worn by a Polish-Catholic survivor of concentration camps at Dachau, Mauthausen, and Augsburg. Teenager Jan Kamienski was captured by German troops from his hometown of Posnan and forced into a concentration camp in 1940, surviving until the liberation of the camp at Augsburg in 1945. He immigrated to Detroit in 1951 and brought this uniform with him.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Uniform
Date Made
1940-1945
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
99.218.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Maria Kamienski
Material
Wool (Textile)
Color
Gray (Color)
Blue
Inscriptions
"P" | 447
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