I'm afraid all we have to go on is the number; 1132. The person was a Gypsy, in a camp. That, quite possibly, narrows down the choice of camps. I wondered if those meticulous nazi's kept registers which might have survived and be accessable today. Insanely long shot, I know. One just has to ask these things though.
I'm afraid all we have to go on is the number; 1132. The person was a Gypsy, in a camp. That, quite possibly, narrows down the choice of camps. I wondered if those meticulous nazi's kept registers which might have survived and be accessable today. Insanely long shot, I know. One just has to ask these things though. Hmm, well I know they kept records of their prisoners (Thank IBM), don't know if they survived the war or are declassified.
SteveG, Do you have a date and year, town or country of detention. That would be a start. I know that at Sachsenhausen there is an archive where you can attend and check or contact by email for their service. I will look up a contact and post it. It just may be a start for you. Regards Tom
Steve, This link is direct to the index page, but you can navigate the whole site if you wish. Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen I hope that this is of help to you, or another contact can be provided to you. Regards Tom
Steve, I remember reading that the Holocaust records were until recently classified and are now open. There are more than 50 million pages and 16 miles of Nazi files now available. Here is a link explaining and has several more links that may be of help to you. Judaism, - Articles Regards Tom
Cheers, Gents. I've just this minute got back in and shall have a look at Smudger Jnr's links presently. Thanks very much for the effort, Smudger Jnr! Sixteen miles of documents? First I was impressed by that. Then it hit me how really rather sickening it is. A sixteen mile book of what they got up to? That's just Wrong! <_<
The person was a Gypsy, in a camp. Is this person the reason you have that avatar? Sorry can't help with the request.
ITS-AROLSEN.ORG |XHomepage Bad Arolsen archives might be a possibility . The Auschwitz State Museum do have the camp records which survived for Auschwitz-Birkenau , they may possibly be able to assist. Sincerely hope you manage to find an answer to your request. Wishing you success in your search james s
Sorry, gents; Popped out for a bit there. Tom; My pc's been giving me a nightmarish time of it tonight ~ hence I went into town, before I smashed the thing. But, perhaps part of the passing problem was that the main site took for ever to open. Then I tried running a Search and everything went German on me I'll try again, once I'm sure this thing's behaving. Owen; Not this particular person, they being completely unknown to me. Fact is, the patch and that number are for sale. Complete with scrap of camp 'uniform' to which they are still stitched. It's just set me wondering. You may have heard of the " Jewish " girl, photographed looking out from a cattle truck. Some chap spent a decade or two, if I remember rightly, tracking her down. Only to discover she was a ~ I believe ~ Sinti child. But, never mind her ethnic origins; He managed to 'find her'. Obviously, I have no such resources and doubt I even have that time scale available. But, as has recently been discussed else where; If we don't ask ..... James; Auschwitz. Yes. I had to stop and recompose myself there, just from seeing the name in the context of this conversation. I thought that too. Or Bergen Belsen. I wonder if the pattern of striping on the 'uniform' may bring us any closer? Only trouble is, I don't think the site they're on allows one to copy the photo's. Disquiet has already been voiced here, about this " Dealer " and his site. I'm not certain 'Plugging' his sales would be quite the best thing. Many thanks, chaps. I'll dig around some more. Steve.
