Red metal badge with the letter P and the prisoner number of a Polish inmate of Dachau
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
Creator(s)
- Karol Malkiewicz (Subject)
Biographical History
Karol Malkiewicz was born in Zwolen, Poland on January 1, 1920, Franz and Teofila Pomaranska. The family was Roman Catholic and Karol worked as a baker. He was arrested on March 2, 1943 in Munich and was deported to Dachau concentration camp on April 9, 1943. He was liberated by the United States Army on April 29, 1945. He repatriated to Poland after the war.
Archival History
The Dachau prisoner badge was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005.
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Metal badge stamped with the number 46998 worn by 23 year old Karol Malkiewicz, a Polish Roman Catholic prisoner in Dachau concentration camp. Karl was arrested on March 2, 1943, in Munich, Germany, and deported to Dachau on April 9, 1943. He was liberated by the United States Army on April 29, 1945.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Red enameled metal badge constructed from a rectangular top bar with an attached upside down triangle. The bar is stamped with a number and the triangle has a letter P that has been scratched out.
front top, stamped : 46988 front center, scratched : P
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German--Personal narratives.
- Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Dachau.
- Political prisoners--Germany--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany.
- Forced labor-Germany--History.
- Foreign workers, Polish--Germany-History.
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object