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Chessboard handmade postwar by a liberated inmate

Object | Accession Number: 1995.90.1
1995.90.1 front Chessboard handmade postwar by a liberated inmate Click to enlarge

Made for Cecil Welch, by liberated inmate interned in Mauthausen sub-camp Gusen immediately following liberation.

Date
creation:  1945
Geography
creation: Gusen (Concentration camp); Gusen (Austria)
Classification
Toys
Category
Games
Object Type
Chessboards (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ron Paul

About This Object

Physical Description
Chess board [checker board] in-laid wood, surrounded by border of diamond-shaped, in-laid wooden pieces, surrounded by green felt.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 16.730 inches (42.494 cm)
Materials
overall : wool, wood, adhesive
Contributor
Subject: Cecil Welch

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The chessboard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ron Paul for the Welch Family.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:23:13
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11083

Also in Cecil Welch collection

The collection consists of a chessboard and a wooden box.

Date: 1945

Box removed postwar from Gusen concentration camp in Austria

Box removed postwar from Gusen concentration camp in Austria

Object

Retreived by Cecil Welch, 1945, Gusen concentration camp.

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