Sachsenhausen survivor's pin badge commemorating a meeting in 1961

Nazi concentration camps operated a classification system to differentiate between different types of prisoners. Eg. Criminals were identified with green inverted triangles - political prisoners with red.

Sachsenhausen concentration camp, located near the town of Oranienburg in Brandenburg, Germany, was used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 until May 1945. After the end of the war, Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone and the camp was utilised as an NKVD special camp until 1950.

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H:4 x W:3cm £32.00 + £2.80 P&P UK

Buchenwald survivor's International Liberation Day pin badge - 11th April 1954

The hand representing the sworn oath "Never again an SS Europe". This was linked to a campaign against the war treaties of Bonn and Paris favouring a revival of West German military power adding weight to Europe's defences during the Cold War.

Buchenwald concentration camp, located near the City of Weimar, Germany, was liberated on 11th April 1945 by four US soldiers in the 6th Armoured Division commanded by General Patton. Just before the Americans arrived, the camp had already been taken over by the Communist prisoners. Visit: www.scrapbookpages.com - World War II history - Who liberated Buchenwald?

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H:5 x W:4.2cm £32.00 + £2.80 P&P UK