Buchenwald Memorial Pin #4 Issued at 1958 Buchenwald Survivors Meeting

1958

  • Buchenwald Memorial Pin #4 Issued at 1958 Buchenwald Survivors Meeting
  • Buchenwald Memorial Pin #4 Issued at 1958 Buchenwald Survivors Meeting

Identifer: CJF R 0360

Medium
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Topics
Buchenwald

Collections
Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Cincinnati Judaica Fund Research Collection

Description
This pin / badge was awarded to the former prisoners of Buchenwald visiting Buchenwald Memorial opening and in commemoration of 10th anniversary of Dachau Trials (case “US vs. Josias Erbprinz zu Waldeck-Pyrmont” - this was the case against Dachau Commandant Martin Gottfried Weiss and 39 others). Martin Gottfried Weiss and of other 31 war criminals had been condemed to death.)
 
In 1958, the Buchenwald Memorial was opened as a national museum memorial
 

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