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<p>[QUOTE="JUSTIN JAMES, post: 9515648, member: 17257"]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently had an interesting $5 thrift store find. A handmade wooden tray with an attached lidded tobacco/cigarette box and built-in ashtray. The box lid has a dog's head carved into it. At first I thought it was just an cool bit of roughly made folk art/crafts but then I saw NEUENGAMME carved on one side and DEUTSCHLAND carved on the other. I did a little research and found a couple of examples of Neuengamme prisoners making carved wooden cigarette boxes to trade with guards and I suspect that this is prisoner made as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few pics for those interested...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451431[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451432[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451433[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451434[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451435[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451436[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JUSTIN JAMES, post: 9515648, member: 17257"]Hello everyone, I recently had an interesting $5 thrift store find. A handmade wooden tray with an attached lidded tobacco/cigarette box and built-in ashtray. The box lid has a dog's head carved into it. At first I thought it was just an cool bit of roughly made folk art/crafts but then I saw NEUENGAMME carved on one side and DEUTSCHLAND carved on the other. I did a little research and found a couple of examples of Neuengamme prisoners making carved wooden cigarette boxes to trade with guards and I suspect that this is prisoner made as well. Here are a few pics for those interested... [ATTACH=full]451431[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]451432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]451433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]451434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]451435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]451436[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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