Badges, primarily triangles, were used in Nazi concentration camps in German-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners were there. The triangles were made of fabric and were sewn onto th
Red emblems of a political enemy on a Dachau detainee's clothing.
![Austrian economist Benedikt Kautsky [de], a Political prisoner, liberated from Buchenwald.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Benedikt_Kautsky.jpg/500px-Benedikt_Kautsky.jpg)
Austrian economist Benedikt Kautsky [de], a Political prisoner, liberated from Buchenwald.
![Badge for a Polish (non-Jewish) political prisoner (ID 29659), Lidia Główczewska [pl], in Stutthof.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Numer_obozowy_KL_Stutthof_29659.JPG/500px-Numer_obozowy_KL_Stutthof_29659.JPG)
Badge for a Polish (non-Jewish) political prisoner (ID 29659), Lidia Główczewska [pl], in Stutthof.
Black triangles on the trousers of Romani detainees at Dachau.
Identification of inmates in Nazi concentration camps was performed mostly with identification numbers marked on clothing, or later, tattooed on the skin at Auschwitz. More specialized identification
Nazi concentration camp badge
…Badges, primarily triangles, were used in Nazi concentration camps in German-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners were there. The triangles were made of fabric and were sewn onto the prisoners' jackets and trousers. These were mandatory and…
A Holocaust survivor displaying his arm tattoo
Auschwitz survivor Sam Rosenzweig displays his identification tattoo.
12-year-old Auschwitz survivor Alyosha Lebedev displays his identification tattoo.
Holocaust survivor Rose Schindler shows the number tattoo on her arm to a U.S. Navy serviceman.