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BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP SS FOOD BOWL

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BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP SS FOOD BOWL
1944 Buchenwald concentration camp SS garrison food bowl, 7.25 inches in diameter. The bottom of the plate is embossed with the SS lightning bolts runes and reads 'Standort-Kantine Buchenwald - Aussenkommando - Schwerte (Ruhr) 1944'. Oxidations throughout. The work camp was established April 1944 and was one of 137 subcamps. According to retained letters German soldiers complained about being treated the same as inmates, having to stand in the same feeding line, with spoon and bowl in hand, for the same lousy food.