Reflect on The Exhibit

This exhibit touches on many themes relevant for understanding our lives and the world around us. Explore the objects that comprise the exhibit in new ways by joining the global dialogue below.
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Stutthoff Intake Form Showing Chiena’s Peresecki’s Entry

This Nazi document from July 1944 lists the names, birthdates, origins, and prisoner numbers of new camp inmates. It lists Chiena's name as Chjena Persecki.

What do you think would be the impact on Chiena of losing her name and being assigned a number? What are some ways we are assigned numbers in our current societies and how do those numbers change our interactions with others?

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The Jacket

Benzion Peresecki’s concentration camp jacket from the Kaufering Labor Camp. It shows his prisoner number was 84679.

Notice the staining on the front of the jacket and the hand stitching of an interior pocket sewn under the prisoner number. If you found this garment at an estate sale, how would you go about verifying its authenticity?

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