Shirt worn by former prisoner of Auschwitz upon liberation

Object | Accession Number: 1997.78.1

Date: 1945 (found)
Geography: acquired : Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Oswiecim (Poland)
Classification: Clothing and Dress
Category: Women's clothing
Object Type: Blouses (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Minia Kalish. In memory of our mother, Minia Kalish and Helen Jannes.

Dimensions: overall : 18.000 in. (45.72 cm.)
Materials: overall : cotton
Contributor: Subject: Sara Yablonowicz
Biography: Sara Yablonowicz was born in Bialystok, Poland, and was interned in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The shirt was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Minia Kalish, the daughter of Sara Yablonowicz.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:06:43
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