Reference :
V-P-DE-E-00072
Date :
2010
Caption :
Bad Arolsen. International Tracing Agency. Wallets from prisoners on their arrival at the concentration camps, held by the International Tracing Service.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
reserved users only
Description :
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen documents the fate of the victims of Nazi persecution. The archival holdings encompass a total of about 30 million documents on concentration camps, Gestapo prisons, ghettos as well as on forced labour and displaced persons.
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen still preserves in its archives about 3,400 effects (mainly wallets from Dachau and Neuengamme). The term "effects" stands for personal belongings seized from prisoners on their arrival at the concentration camp. For 2,800 of these effects, their former owners are known by name. The effects include wallets, identification papers, photos, letters, instruments, here and there also fashion jewellery, cigarette cases, wedding rings, watches or fountain pens from the personal possession of former concentration camp inmates.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
1950x1259
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
