EXTREMELY RARE GERMAN WWII BERET, HAT from STUTTHOF CONCENTRATION CAMP + DOCUMENT
German WWII beret, a hat from Stutthof concentration camp. Also available for sale is the document sent by Stutthof's Museum to Zdzislaw's wife. Zdanowski was brought to the camp in late June/July 1943 and had the prisoner number '23868'. On 25.8.1944, he was sent to the hospital. The ID is being sold separately. In the last picture, you can see prisoners in the concentration camp wearing the same beret.
TEST: This particular item has passed a very important test: it does not glow under a black lamp. (Please note that all fabrics made after 1945 typically glow under black light). For further details, please refer to the images.
CONDITION: The item is in very good, used condition. For additional information, please refer to the pictures.
PROVENANCE: 1. Passed down through a Jewish emigree family in the USA, Tallahassee, Florida (originally from Israel, Tel Aviv); 2. Our sale of this item adds another layer of provenance (please print this page). History of sale is very IMPORTANT for serious collection.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago, the caps from concentration camp were sold on Live Auctioneers for $2,250 (2 years ago), $2,750 (6 years ago), $4,250 (8 years ago), and $5,250 (2 years ago) - please refer to the screenshots for details. Today, prices have significantly increased compared to those of 5-10 years ago.
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HISTORY: Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps (German: Konzentrationslager, KZ or KL) throughout the territories it controlled before and during the Second World War. The first Nazi camps were erected in Germany in March 1933 immediately after Hitler became Chancellor and his Nazi Party was given control of the police by Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick and Prussian Acting Interior Minister Hermann Goring. Used to hold and torture political opponents and union organizers, the camps initially held around 45,000 prisoners. Heinrich Himmler's Schutzstaffel (SS) took full control of the police and the concentration camps throughout Germany in 1934-35. Himmler expanded the role of the camps to hold so-called 'racially undesirable elements', such as Jews, Romanis, Serbs, Poles, disabled people, and criminals. The number of people in the camps, which had fallen to 7,500, grew again to 21,000 by the start of World War II and peaked at 715,000 in January 1945.

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