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    Collection Summary
    The collection consists of a workbench and over forty tools, machines, and machine parts, relating to the experiences of Stefan Petri, who with his first wife, Janina, concealed a Jewish family, Kaufman, Ela, and their sons Marek and Jerzy Szapiro, in two hiding places he built in his home in Warsaw, Poland, from spring 1942 to September 1944.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Jadwiga Petri, the wife of Stefan Petri.
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    Large wooden workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.1

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    creation:  1939-1940
    Telephone receiver placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.2

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Housing for WWI communications equipment placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.3

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Europe
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  approximately 1914-approximately 1933
    Transmitter hardware placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.3 a-gg

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Transmitter hardware placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
    Small gear placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.4

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Large gear placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.5

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Coils of sheathed electrical conduit placed below a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.6 a-b

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Large flange placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.7

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Electric motor placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.8

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Saxony (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  1908-before 1943
    Air compressor tank placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.9

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Asynchronous motor placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.10

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Germany
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  1889-1942
    Electric generator placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.11

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    AEG motor placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.12

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Germany
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  after 1887-before 1943
    Tatra automotive fuel pump placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.13

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Czechoslovakia
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  1919-1942
    Coil of lead wire placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.14

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Bosch engine component placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.15

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Germany
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  after 1900-before 1943
    Radio battery eliminator placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.16

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Netherlands.
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  1928-before 1943
    Tank, possibly for a heat pump, placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.17

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Ardal brand civilian gas mask placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.18 a-b

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Lida (Belarus)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  1938-1939 September
    Generator put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.19

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Siemens-Schuckert generator placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.20

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Nuremberg (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  after 1902-before 1943
    Wooden flashlight box lantern placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.21

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Wooden box placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.22

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Mandrel placed on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.23

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Wehrmacht M1931 mess tin placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.24

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Germany
    Date
    manufacture:  1941
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Wehrmacht M1931 mess tin placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
    Slug pressing iron placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.25

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  approximately 1900
    Slug pressing iron placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
    Padlock placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.26

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Padlock placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
    Pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.27

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
    11 millimeter pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.28

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    11 millimeter pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
    13.5 millimeter pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.29

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    13.5 millimeter pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
    Heavy mounting plate placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.30

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Escutcheon placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.31

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Lightbulb shield placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.32

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Small cap placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.33

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    manufacture: Nuremberg (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    manufacture:  after 1902-before 1943
    Electric switch base placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.34

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Electric plug put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.35

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Electric switch put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.36 a-b

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Electric circuit-breaker put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.37

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Fan flywheel placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.38

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Clamp placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.39

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Machine part put on workbench to conceal hiding place of Jewish family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.40

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Carved wooden bison placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.41

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Wooden trap door beneath a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.42

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Elbow pipe fitting placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.44

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Piece of scrap linoleum placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.47

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Piece of scrap linoleum placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.48

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Transformer core lamination placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.49

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Hammerhead placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.50

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Small tap bolt placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.51

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Partial hinge placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.52

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Partial hinge placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.53

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Machine inspection cover placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.54

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Shellac disc placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.55

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Electrical part placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.56

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Distribution block placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.57

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
    Escutcheon placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.58

    Geography
    use: Wawer (Poland)
    Date
    use:  1943-1944 September 11
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