Алексей Игумнов / Alexej Igumnow 1923 - 1945 Edit
Born 21.3.1923 in Jakowlewskoe
Died 25.3.1945 in Mauthausen
Biography
Alexei Igumnov arrived in Mauthausen as a Russian prisoner of war in 1944. He died there in March 1945. The discovery of his tag in the Marbach mass grave proves that the SS had buried his body there. This handmade tag belonged to Alexei Igumnov. In addition to his prisoner number, other important biographical details have been engraved on the front and back. A line on the ‘8’ reveals that the artist first skilfully scored the letters and numbers and then worked the inscriptions as a relief using a coarse punch. The tool marks and style of the inscription point to a person of great skill.
Nathalie Soursos, Mauthausen Memorial (2026)
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