Embroidered doily made by a Polish inmate in Ravensbrueck depicting the camp
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Doily created by a Polish inmate in Ravensbrück (Ravensbrueck) concentration camp in Germany in 1944. It has the phrase, Na zycie i na smierc (In life and death] embroidered above an image of the barracks.
- Date
-
creation:
1944 July 29
- Geography
-
creation:
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp);
Ravensbrück (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bozenna M. Urbanowicz Gilbride
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Classification
-
Decorative Arts
- Category
-
Needlework
- Object Type
-
Doilies (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular cloth doily with fringe along the edges. It is embroidered with Polish text above an image of long, rectangular buildings surrounded by a fence with trees in the background.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton, thread
- Inscription
- front, embroidered, thread : Na zycie i na smierc 29.7.44 [In life and death 29.7.44]
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The doily was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Bozenna M. Urbanowicz Gilbride.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:14
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607752
Download & Licensing
In-Person Research
- By Appointment
- Request 21 Days in Advance of Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
- Request to See This Object
Contact Us
Also in Polish inmates in Ravensbrueck collection
The collection consists of one doily and two drawings created by Polish prisoners in Ravensbrueck concentration camp in Germany during the Holocaust.
Date: 1944
Pencil portrait of a female Polish inmate made by another inmate in Ravensbrueck
Object
Portrait drawing of a woman, face and shoulders, created by another Polish inmate in Ravensbrück (Ravensbrueck) concentration camp in Germany in 1944.
Pencil portrait of a female Polish political prisoner made by another inmate in Ravensbrueck
Object
Portrait drawing of a woman with a political prisoner badge created by another Polish inmate in Ravensbrück (Ravensbrueck) concentration camp in Germany in 1944.
