Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Nightgown worn for 2-1/2 years in the Warsaw Ghetto and afterwards.
- Geography
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use:
Warsaw ghetto;
Warsaw (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Adam and Pela Starkopf
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Women's clothing
- Object Type
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Nightgowns (lcsh)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The nightgown was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Adam and Pela Starkopf.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:17
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2624
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