Handmade K.Z.L. Terezin armband owned by Lieselotte Bohm or her mother
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.016 inches (10.201 cm) | Width: 6.102 inches (15.499 cm)
Archival History
The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Helen Hanau, whose father was Lieselotte Bohm's first cousin.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Helen Hanau
Scope and Content
Handmade armband inscribed K.Z.L. Terezin owned by Lieselotte Bohm or her mother. It is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Lieselotte and her extended family in Germany, France, and Czechoslovakia before, during, and after the war. Lieselotte was born in Germany to a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father. Lieselotte and her mother were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Both mother and daughter survived.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular, discolored, white cloth armband with a narrow red border made from a separate folded strip of cloth sewn to the underside of one long edge. The front has the Czech camp name handwritten in blue ink across the center. There is a circular stamp in faded black ink with Czech text circling the inner border. In the center is an image of a caduceus, a snake wrapped around a pole. The short ends are sewn together to form the band.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- France
- Czechoslovakia
- Germany
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object