Dachau urn tag

[all1knew]

Hello all,

This came out of a grouping and I was told this was a tag for an Urn filled with ashes of an inmate that had been cremated at Dachau concentration camp.

Opinions/Comments appreciated.

William Kramer

[all1knew]

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[besslein]

Looks good ,what mean original from period,has a sad story to tell,yes,but not sure if this come from camp prisioner.

[all1knew]

LOOKS real,but not a item i will ever take,IT HAS A SAD STORY TO TELL.

What should I do with it? Are there people who collect Holocaust related items? Do you think a museum would want it?

William Kramer

[besslein]

What should I do with it? Are there people who collect Holocaust related items? Do you think a museum would want it?

William Kramer

no idea Sir ,i always stay away from items like this,yes its history,but for me buy/sell items like this is a bit horror,thats just me,im sure some collectors buy this items.

[MMM]

What makes you think its a holocaust item?

The date of death is well before any of the main Jewish deportations began.

Dachau was not an extermination camp and if this tag is what it claims to be it is far more likely to relate to a German nationality Political or Criminal prisoner.

Regards

MMM

[all1knew]

What makes you think its a holocaust item?

The date of death is well before any of the main Jewish deportations began.

Dachau was not an extermination camp and if this tag is what it claims to be it is far more likely to relate to a German nationality Political or Criminal prisoner.

Regards

MMM

You may be right, as Tiflis was a Georgian town until 1936 when the Communists took power (where he was born) so he may have been somehow related to this.

William Kramer

[besslein]

What makes you think its a holocaust item?

The date of death is well before any of the main Jewish deportations began.

Dachau was not an extermination camp and if this tag is what it claims to be it is far more likely to relate to a German nationality Political or Criminal prisoner.

Regards

MMM

the name of this person is Polish,i dont think he was criminal from germany,maybe he was a comunist,im sure here is a way to find out who he was.

[ETN]

Just curious, but are we sure this tag is from the Dachau concentration camp and not from the city of Dachau?

[all1knew]

Just curious, but are we sure this tag is from the Dachau concentration camp and not from the city of Dachau?

Well I am under the impression that this was one of the tags on the clay urns that ashes were placed in. From what I have read ashes were identified as the family could purchase the remains for a fee from the camp. It would be a real coincidence if this came from the city of Dachau, the man was born in a foreign country, and cremated and needed a tag for his urn. I believe the 3388 is his prisoner number, and I believe Techniker was his job within the camp (Technician)

See:

http://furtherglory.wordpress.com/20...tration-camps/

http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Dachau...rea/index.html

William Kramer

[ETN]

I think you are right. I found this after I google searched his name:

http://stevemorse.org/dachau/dachau.php?firstnameKind=exact&firstnameMax=&lastn ameKind=exact&lastnameMax=&birthmonthKind=exact&bi rthmonthMax=&birthdayKind=exact&birthdayMax=&birth yearKind=between&birthyearMin=&offset=48255

[besslein]

very intersting now!!!!

[all1knew]

ETN,

Yes, this is him:

http://stevemorse.org/dachau/details...sc=3&image=236

Two months within arrival and he was dead.

Thank you for your help.

William Kramer

[naxos]

Städt.(isches) Bestattungsamt München

The funeral registration office of the city of Munich

Eduard Kosacki from Warsaw, Poland a technician in civilian life was held as a POW in Dachau camp, were he died on Nov. 14, 1940 and was cremated two days later.

Here you can find more about him:

http://stevemorse.org/dachau/details...thplace=Tyflis USSR&from=&town=Warschau&street=Washingtonstr.&num ber=19767&DateOfArrival=17 Sep 1940 v. Sa.&disposition=13 Nov 1940 üb.&comment=&category=Sch. Pol.&ID=75446&page=2947/Bg.&disc=3&image=236

[naxos]

I see you found him as well.


BTW: F.B. stands for Feuerbestattung = Cremation