John Hein collection

Identifier: irn521310
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521310

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by John Hein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge, a three page letter, and two photographs relating to the experiences of John Hein, originally from Germany, as a soldier in the United States Army during the liberation of Zwodau labor camp in Czechoslovakia during World War II.

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Star of David badge with Jude given to a US liberator by an inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514111
- English
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Star of David badge given to John Hein, 24, a US soldier, 1st Infantry Division, on May 7 or May 9, 1945, by a Jewish female inmate of Zwodau slave labor camp which was liberated by Hein's unit. Hein, an interpreter, was approached by a young woman who asked if he was Jewish. When he said yes, she showed him her Magen David belt buckle which she had kept hidden in the camps. Three of her friends joined them, and "could not believe that there was a Jew, alive and healthy, standing before them." John showed them a picture of his family, and they were "incredulous, before the miracle of an ent...
John Hein papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521309
- English
- 1945
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of a 3-page letter written by John Hein to his parents describing the liberation of Zwodau labor camp (a subcamp of Flossenbürg) in what is now the Czech Republic, 2 photographs from the liberation of the camp, and a Star of David badge given to Hein by a labor camp inmate.

John Hein collection

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Star of David badge with Jude given to a US liberator by an inmate

John Hein papers