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Numero oggettoM1992/026:001
DescrizioneMetal ID tag engraved with the number 123855 - the prisoner number received by David Groenteman during his imprisonment in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria, from 29 January 1945 until liberation on 5 May 1945.
David Groenteman was born in Amsterdam on 18 June 1923. He was deported age 19 to Vucht concentration camp on 13 March 1943 (receiving prisoner identification number J5699). He was sent on to Auschwitz, arriving 15 May 1943 (prisoner number 112284 - tattooed on his forearm). From there he was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp, arriving 29 January 1945 (prisoner number 123855) where he remained until liberated on 5 May 1945. David immigrated to Australia on 21 June 1950.
He made himself this bracelet with his Mauthausen identification number, which he wore tied to his arm with an electric wire strap. The strap is no longer attached to the tag. It was made from a scrap of aluminium from the Steyr-Daimler-Puch factory where he worked as a slave labourer. Steyr-Daimler-Puch’s general director became one of the first German industrialists to suggest the use of slave labour from concentration camps to boost manpower at Steyr. Prisoners were brought by guarded train from Mauthausen-Gusen camp complex, around 30km away.
David Groenteman was born in Amsterdam on 18 June 1923. He was deported age 19 to Vucht concentration camp on 13 March 1943 (receiving prisoner identification number J5699). He was sent on to Auschwitz, arriving 15 May 1943 (prisoner number 112284 - tattooed on his forearm). From there he was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp, arriving 29 January 1945 (prisoner number 123855) where he remained until liberated on 5 May 1945. David immigrated to Australia on 21 June 1950.
He made himself this bracelet with his Mauthausen identification number, which he wore tied to his arm with an electric wire strap. The strap is no longer attached to the tag. It was made from a scrap of aluminium from the Steyr-Daimler-Puch factory where he worked as a slave labourer. Steyr-Daimler-Puch’s general director became one of the first German industrialists to suggest the use of slave labour from concentration camps to boost manpower at Steyr. Prisoners were brought by guarded train from Mauthausen-Gusen camp complex, around 30km away.
Luogo di produzioneMauthausen concentration camp
Data 1945-01-29 - 1945-05-05
SoggettoHolocaust, concentration camps
Nome oggettoidentification numbers
Materialemetal
Dimensioni
- width: 45.00 mm
height: 17.00 mm
Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr David Groenteman