HISTORY. On March 24, 1938, SS authorities determined a site near the small town of Flossenbürg to be suitable for the establishment of a concentration camp, due to its potential for extracting granite for construction purposes. The site lay in northeastern Bavaria near the Czech border. The camp was liberated on April 23, 1945.

The story the veteran told of this unique cigarette box was that it was carved by one of the concentration camp inmates who stayed at the camp for reasons unknown. Note the SS runes formed by the pipe smoke. This is a relic that tells a story!

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