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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