PAIR OF JEWISH CONCENTRATION CAMP SHOES

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A TRUE HISTORIC MUSEUM PIECE THAT NEEDS PRESERVING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. PAIR OF CAMP MADE SHOES OR CLOGS. WOODEN BASE, THE MAIN BODY MADE FROM WOVEN SACK LIKE ROPE. LINED WITH A THIN ANIMAL SKIN OF SOME TYPE. WHILE MOST WW2 AMERICAN SOLDIERS CHOSE TO BRING HOME A LUGER, THESE WERE BROUGHT HOME BY SERGEANT JOHN CORNELL FROM RAVENSBRUCK CONCENTRATION CAMP. COMPLETE WITH HIS OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF RETENTION. PERHAPS HE WANTED TO TAKE HOME PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THE HORROR HE HAD WITNESSED. THE SHOES ARE QUITE FRAGILE HAVING BEEN MADE WITH INFERIOR MATERIALS WHICH ARE NOW 75 YEARS OLD.