Tattoos Question: How did they put the numbers on the Jews wrists? Harry W. Mazal OBE Responds: The numbers were tattooed on various parts of their bodies, their wrists, their forearms, or in some cases on their chest. Harry W. Mazal OBE Question: Are there any documents to correlate the tattoos of Ravensbruck and Buchenwald to the names of the people who were sent to the individual camps? Harry W. Mazal OBE Responds: It is my understanding that tattoos were only used in Auschwitz to identify the prisoners: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/Tattoos.html Yours sincerely, Harry W. Mazal OBE back to the list of questions
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