Saturday, May 25, 2013

The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex was the only place where prisoners were given identification number tattoos.

The practice began in 1941 when Russian POWs were stamped on the upper-left breast.  Jews started receiving tattoos (on their forearms) in 1942.

The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex was the only place where prisoners were given identification number tattoos.

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