Lou Dunst collection

Identifier: irn523126
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523126

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Lou Dunst.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an identification tag issued to Lou Dunst in Mauthausen concentration camp during the Holocaust and an identification card issued after the end of World War II.

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Israel Dunst identification card
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34179
- English
- 1949
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of an identification card issued to Izo Dunst on February 16, 1949 that identifies his date and place of birth.
Identification tag 68122 worn by a Jewish slave laborer at Ebensee/Mauthausen concentration camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34180
- English
- overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Identification tag issued to eighteen year old Lou Dunst when he was imprisoned in Mauthausen concentration camp in 1944-45. The bracelet was wired to his wrist and the band was made from Cyklon B cans that were used to gas the prisoners. In 1944, Lou and his family were deported from Jasina, Czechoslovakia (Yasinya, Ukraine), to Auschwitz II-Birkenau death camp. His mother, Priva, was sent to the gas chambers. Lou and his older brother, Irving, were sent to Mauthausen: Lou was given the id tag 68122 and Irving, number 68123. They then were sent to Ebensee where they were slave laborers bui...

Lou Dunst collection

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Israel Dunst identification card

Identification tag 68122 worn by a Jewish slave laborer at Ebensee/Mauthausen concentration camp