Crematorium tag
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Diameter: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
Archival History
The crematorium tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by the de Saisset Museum of Santa Clara University.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the de Saisset Museum
Scope and Content
Consists of one cylindrical clay disc of the type which were attached to deceased prisoners' bodies during cremation to easily identify the ashes. Though the original origins of this disc, numbered 8745, are unknown, such discs were used at Theresienstadt, Sachsenhausen, Majdanek, and similar discs were also discovered at Belzec.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Circular, gray-white, clay tag with a coarse surface. It has an oblong recess in the center with an imprinted number, and a hole near the top. Back has a blank, oblong recess.
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object