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Catalog Number |
2000.9.1 |
Object Name |
Label |
Description |
Framed Zyklon B gas canister label. Label is yellow with two bands of red at the top and bottom. Yellow text is overlaid across these red bands: top reads "GIFTGAS!' and bottom reads "ZYKLON." Middle of label has a skull and crossbones in red. Left side of the label has additional text in red that reads, "CYANPRAPARAT!/KUHL UND TRACKEN/KARSEN - VOR SONNE/ U. OFFENER FLAMME/SCHUTZEN." This text outlines warnings for and proper storage of the material. Right side of the label has a printed letter "B" followed by a line with "DRP594081" beneath it. "Gnt" is printed in red also on the left side of the label. |
Provenance |
This label was purchased by Neil Kuchinsky from an Ebay retailer, Snyder's Retailers. The online listing noted that the label was from a collection of a British medic who was stationed at Bergen-Belsen near the end of World War II. The exact origin of this label is not known, though it likely came from a camp in Eastern Europe. |