Prisoner ID bracelet worn by a non-Jewish doctor imprisoned for resistance activity 2004.554.2 back
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Prisoner identification bracelet worn by Dr. Julius de Clercq Zubli in Sachenhausen concentration camp in Germany from September 1944-April 1945. Zubli was a non-Jewish Dutch physician in Amsterdam who aided Jews and the Dutch resistance in German-occupied Netherlands, 1940-1945. Zubli issued papers to Jews falsely stating that they had a contagious disease which delayed their deportation. He helped Jews go into hiding and delivered false food ration cards for the underground. In May 1944, Julius was arrested while caring for resistance leader, Gerrit van der Veen, shot during an armed raid of German Security headquarters. On July 6, Zubli was sent to Herzogenbusch (Vught) transit camp in Holland, then in September, to Sachsenhausen. He was liberated in April 1945 and, after the war ended in May, returned to Amsterdam and resumed his medical practice.
Prisoner identification bracelet worn by Dr. Julius de Clercq Zubli in Sachenhausen concentration camp in Germany from September 1944-April 1945. Zubli was a non-Jewish Dutch physician in Amsterdam who aided Jews and the Dutch resistance in German-occupied Netherlands, 1940-1945. Zubli issued papers to Jews falsely stating that they had a contagious disease which delayed their deportation. He helped Jews go into hiding and delivered false food ration cards for the underground. In May 1944, Julius was arrested while caring for resistance leader, Gerrit van der Veen, shot during an armed raid of German Security headquarters. On July 6, Zubli was sent to Herzogenbusch (Vught) transit camp in Holland, then in September, to Sachsenhausen. He was liberated in April 1945 and, after the war ended in May, returned to Amsterdam and resumed his medical practice.
- Title: Prisoner ID bracelet worn by a non-Jewish doctor imprisoned for resistance activity 2004.554.2 back
- Location: Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945., Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Provenance: The identification bracelet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Dan de Clerq Zubli on behalf of the Estate of Dr. Julius de Clercq Zubli., The identification bracelet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Dan de Clerq Zubli on behalf of the Estate of Dr. Julius de Clercq Zubli.
- Subject Keywords: Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives, Dutch. Physicians--Netherlands--Biography. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Netherlands--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands--Personal narratives, Dutch. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands--Personal narratives., Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives, Dutch. Physicians--Netherlands--Biography. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Netherlands--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands--Personal narratives, Dutch. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands--Personal narratives.
- Type: Identifying Artifacts, Identifying Artifacts
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Silver colored metal chain link identification bracelet with 2 engraved plates. One rectangular plate has angled corners with 4 punched circular holes and stamped German text, numbers, and a sunburst. The smaller rectangular plate has rounded corners with 2 circular holes on the left and right edges and stamped German text and numbers. Two links of circular chain are attached to the 4 holes of the rectangular plate and joined to a chain link connected to the 2 holes on the other plate., Silver colored metal chain link identification bracelet with 2 engraved plates. One rectangular plate has angled corners with 4 punched circular holes and stamped German text, numbers, and a sunburst. The smaller rectangular plate has rounded corners with 2 circular holes on the left and right edges and stamped German text and numbers. Two links of circular chain are attached to the 4 holes of the rectangular plate and joined to a chain link connected to the 2 holes on the other plate.
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