Markings for prisoners in "protective" custody in a concentration camp.

Form and color of the markings

 
     

 

Political

Criminal

Immigrant¹

Jehovah witness

Homosexual²

Asocial

Basic colors

Badges for recidivist

Badges for prisoners of punishment battalion

Badges for Jews

Special Badges

Polish political prisoner

Race defilement*

Escape suspect

Example of prisoner number³

7871

 

¹ Played no role in Ravensbruck KL.

² Played no role in Ravensbruck KL.

³ This number belonged to Rozalia Gutek, Polish political prisoner in the Ravensbruck concentration camp. She was executed after had been subjected to the medical experiments.

*Jewish woman who had sex with an Aryan.

 

This table is based on the table from the book "Ravensbruckerinnen", Herausgegeben von Sigrid Jacobeit in Zusammenarbeit mit Eilisabeth Brumann-Gudter, 1995.