At 01:56 PM 3/24/2004, Alison Rhorer wrote:
>A teacher is looking for an answer to this question: Why did the German
>soldiers mark/brand/tatoo the prisoners during WWII? What did it mean?
>What were the markings?
"The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex (including Auschwitz 1,
AuschwitzBirkenau, and Monowitz) was the only location in which prisoners
were systematically tattooed during the Holocaust. Prior to tattooing,
several means of identifying prisoners, both by number and by category, had
been implemented; serial numbers were the main method. When they arrived at
the camp, prisoners were issued serial numbers which were then sewn to
their prison uniforms. These serial numbers were most often accompanied by
different shapes, symbols or letters which identified the status,
nationality, or religion of the prisoner. This practice continued even
after tattooing was introduced."
<http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/tattoos1.html>
The Wiesenthal's Museum of Tolerance has some good resources for teachers
interested in teaching their students about the Holocaust in general:
<http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/>.
...brig
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