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Flat Jacket Full
Benzion Peresecki’s concentration camp jacket from the Kaufering Labor Camp.
Jacket Collar
Benzion Peresecki’s concentration camp jacket from the Kaufering Labor Camp. Notice the original color of the jacket on the upturned collar.
Jacket Inside Pocket
Benzion Peresecki’s concentration camp jacket from the Kaufering Labor Camp. Notice the roughly sewn inside picket made of a slightly different material.
Jacket_Number Closeup
Benzion Peresecki’s concentration camp jacket from the Kaufering Labor Camp. It shows his prisoner number was 84675.
Jillian Eisenberg
Interview with Jillian Eiseman, the young woman who found the jacket. Play video
Identity

The Jacket

Benzion Peresecki’s concentration camp jacket from the Kaufering Labor Camp. It shows his prisoner number was 84679.
reflection

Notice the staining on the front of the jacket and the hand stitching of an interior pocket sewn under the prisoner number. If you found this garment at an estate sale, how would you go about verifying its authenticity?