Metal lid from a cremation urn stamped Dachau
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Metal lid from a cremation urn stamped Dachau
Metal lid from a cremation urn stamped Dachau
1942 February 21
overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
Container lid with the birth, death, and cremation dates for 28 year old Anton Oleszak. The lid is believed to be from a cremation urn used to return his ashes to his family following his execution in Dachau concentration camp. Oleszak was condemned to death by hanging in Dachau on February 17, 1942. He was a Catholic from Neustadt, Poland. It was a policy of the Nazi government to return the remains of political prisoners to their families.