A black and white prisoner registration photograph of a man with light skin tone, dark hair, and a full beard. He is wearing glasses and dark clothing. He holds a sign written in German. Translated it says Oranienburg Concentration Camp. The second line contains the numbers 2-6-5-1. The third line contains the booking date 3-2-34, or February 3, 1934.. The two in the booking date is represented as a Roman numeral.
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Erich Mühsam

Identification picture of Erich Mühsam taken in the Oranienburg concentration camp. He holds a sign with three lines written in German. The German text reads "Konzentrationslager Oranienburg." The second line contains the numbers 2-6-5-1. The third line contains the booking date 3-II-34, or February 3, 1934. Mühsam, an anarchist and a pacifist, worked as an editor and writer; he was imprisoned during World War I for opposing the war. Arrested during the massive roundup of Nazi political opponents following the Reichstag fire (February 27, 1933), Mühsam was tortured to death in Oranienburg on July 11, 1934. Oranienburg, Germany, February 3, 1934.


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