A Liberated Polish Prisoner Group to Antoni Macko
Uniform Identification Number (stamped in black and red inks on a silvered water-resistant cloth-based fabric, 45 mm x 155 mm); Pass for Former Concentration Camp Prisoners (named to Antoni Macko, black and white photo of Macko on the front panel, stating that he was from Sachsenhausen Camp and number "64352", with "Liberated by Allies", "Office of former inmates of Concentration Camps" and "Hansestadt Lübeck" stamps, inscribed "By Order of the Military Government, the Bearer of this Pass must receive in every way privilege and help", two thumbprints in black ink on the reverse panel, four pages, printed in black ink on a thin salmon-coloured card stock, 105 mm x 150 mm); Polish Association for Lübeck and District Identity Card (named to Antoni Macko, black and white photo of Macko on the right inside panel,
numbered "1010/45", with two "Polish Association of Lübeck" stamps, along with "Liberated by Allies" and "Polish Liaison Officer 626 Mil. Gov./R/Dst" stamps, six panels, printed in black ink on a thin beige-coloured card stock, 85 mm x 108 mm); and Certificate from the Governor of the Union of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy at Krakow (numbered "266529", dated February 10, 1977 at Krakow, confirming that Antoni Macko had been a prison inmate as of November 10, 1942, before being placed in a concentration camp five days later at Sachsenhausen, on November 15th, where he would remain until being liberated by the Allies on May 3, 1945), printed in black ink on a thin white paper stock, 202 mm x 298 mm).
Footnote: Antoni Macko was born on December 1, 1912 in Janowice, Poland and was employed as a Clerk in Krakow, when he was captured by the Nazis and imprisoned on November 10, 1942. Five days later, he was transferred to a German concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, assigned with prisoner number 64352. He was liberated by the Allies on May 3, 1945, at the age of 32.
