Rabbi Aaron Landes collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn6363
• English
• overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Depth: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Red fez with a label with Persian text owned by Rabbi Aaron Landes. The fez was found at Dachau concentration camp in Germany following the April 29 liberation by US troops. There was a unit of the Waffen SS that wore a red fez as part of the dress uniform. It was composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia. Unlike this fez, which is unadorned, the Waffen SS fezes had a Nazi Death's head and Reichsadler insignia.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn6364
• English
• overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Red fez with a swastika and Death's head owned by Rabbi Aaron Landes. The fez was found at Dachau concentration camp in Germany following the April 29 liberation by US troops. The red fez was part of the dress uniform of a Waffen-SS military detachment composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia, with one division from Albania. There was a green/field gray fez for the combat uniform. The creation of this unit was authorized by Hitler in 1943. The original purpose was to combat Tito’s partisans. Through recruitment and conscription, the unit had 26,000 so...