Italian Labor Service armband
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
Archival History
The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Ariel Cardoso.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ariel Cardoso. In memory of the unidentified Partisan who furnished my family and me with false identity documents but did not himself survive. He was later shot while trying to escape capture during a Nazi raid on his headquarters.
Scope and Content
Given to Ariel Cardoso, Italy.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Printed on armband "Ministero Difesa Nazionale, Servizio del Lavoro, Arbeits - Dienst, N. 38.566;" given to Ariel Sigfrid Cardoso by friend who worked at the Office of the Labor Service. Possession of the armband excluded him from deportation or other mistreatment during round-ups or other Nazi blockades. It once saved him from deportation.
Genre
- Object
- Identifying Artifacts