Concentration camp uniform jacket and pants collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12196
• English
• overall: Height: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) | Width: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Blue and gray striped uniform jacket with a prisoner number and red triangle of the type worn by concentration camp prisoners during the Holocaust. By 1937, blue and gray prisoner uniforms had become standard issue in the Nazi concentration camp system. Generally, new prisoners were separated into two groups: men, and then women and children. The prisoners then had their hair shorn, were deloused and issued a uniform. Some prisoners received old uniforms worn by previously killed inmates. Men received a cap, pants, and a jacket, while women received a dress or skirt with a jacket and kerchi...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12197
• English
• overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Blue and gray striped uniform pants of the type worn by concentration camp prisoners during the Holocaust. By 1937, blue and gray prisoner uniforms had become standard issue in the Nazi concentration camp system. Generally, new prisoners were separated into two groups: men, and then women and children. The prisoners then had their hair shorn, were deloused and issued a uniform. Some prisoners received old uniforms worn by previously killed inmates. Men received a cap, pants, and a jacket, while women received a dress or skirt with a jacket and kerchief for their head. Prisoners received an ...