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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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