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World War II Concentration Camp Uniform, 1940-1945
1940/1945
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: World War II Concentration Camp Uniform, 1940-1945
- Date Created: 1940/1945
- Location: Germany
- Subject Keywords: Kamienski, Jan, 1922-1976, Concentration camps, World War, 1939-1945, Religious discrimination, Uniforms, Jackets (Garments), Trousers
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Uniform
- Object ID: 99.218.1
- Image ID: THF29950
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Maria Kamienski
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