Gift of Elizabeth Kroo Teitelbaum

Id no. 59.95, Textile

Subject(s):  Camps

This strip of textile with the number 58155 was designed to be sewn onto a prisoner?s uniform. The donor most likely acquired this strip of cloth during her time as a prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau. After surviving several selections at Birkenau, Kroo was eventually sent to Ravensbrueck and then to the Lippstadt labor camp in Germany.

Discover more about this artifact and other stories from the Museum?s collection in, ?To Life: 36 Stories of Memory and Hope? http://www.pickmanmuseumshop.com/tolif36storo.html.