The tattoo was the prisoner's camp entry number, sometimes with a special symbol added: some Jews had a triangle, and Romani had the letter "Z" (from German Zigeuner for "Gypsy"). In May 1944, the Jewish men received the letters "A" or "B" to indicate particular series of numbers.

But Szlamach was sustained by the fact that the number tattooed on his arm--#128232--added up to 18, the Jewish mystical symbol for life. In January 1945 Szlamach was deported to Dachau , where he was liberated during a forced march on May 1, 1945, by U.S. soldiers.

The numbered tattoos that have today become an identifying mark of Holocaust survivors originated in Auschwitz, the largest Nazi concentration camp in Europe. There, incoming prisoners went through the infamous selektion (selection process).

2024年4月16日 · In summary, tattooing was a significant part of Nazi Germany’s efforts to dehumanize inmates, with over 400, 000 serial numbers assigned at Auschwitz. The documentary explores the motivations for getting the tattoo, conversations with the survivor parent, and the legacy of tattooing in Nazi concentration camps.

By 1942, Jews had become the predominant group represented at Auschwitz. They were tattooed based on numbers in the regular series until 1944; their numbers were preceded by a triangle, most likely to identify them as Jews.

2024年1月25日 · The tattoo replicating the Auschwitz number is a form of memorial practice that speaks, viscerally, to their own family history – but also to the imperative to never forget.

Some Jewish prisoners (but not all) had a triangle tattooed beneath their serial number. In order to avoid the assignment of excessively high numbers from the general series to the large number of Hungarian Jews arriving in 1944, the SS authorities introduced new sequences of …

Tattoos and Numbers: The System of Identifying Prisoners at Auschwitz Assignment of Camp Serial Numbers and the Introduction of Tattooing Incoming prisoners ... registered and received no tattoos .

2024年5月2日 · Lale Sokolov (played by Jonah Hauer-King), a Slovakian Jew sent to Auschwitz in 1942, is made to tattoo new arrivals to the camp with a registration number on their arms. When he meets a young prisoner named Gita (Anna Próchniak), he falls in love and so is offered a slither of hope in this otherwise hopeless place.

2024年1月25日 · Some Jewish prisoners had a triangle tattooed under their number. Roma and Sinti prisoners had the letter Z appended to their number, the first letter of the pejorative German word Zigeuner...