Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Bar of soap produced around 1942 in a soap factory near Buna-Monowitz concentration camp in Monowice, Poland.
- Date
-
creation:
approximately 1942
- Geography
-
found:
Monowice (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Stern
- Markings
- front center, impressed : RIF / 0262
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Object Type
-
Soap (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, offwhite bar of soap with letters and numbers impressed on one side.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : soap
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The soap was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Robert Stern.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:13
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1229
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