Red fez found at Dachau concentration camp after liberation
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Depth: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
Archival History
The fez was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Rabbi Aaron Landes
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Aaron Landes
Scope and Content
Red fez with a label with Persian text owned by Rabbi Aaron Landes. The fez was found at Dachau concentration camp in Germany following the April 29 liberation by US troops. There was a unit of the Waffen SS that wore a red fez as part of the dress uniform. It was composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia. Unlike this fez, which is unadorned, the Waffen SS fezes had a Nazi Death's head and Reichsadler insignia.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Red wool fex with a laebl sewn to the interior with a printed portrait of a man wearing a fez with Persian text.
Corporate Bodies
- Waffen-SS
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau--Liberation.
Genre
- Object
- Dress Accessories