Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Wooden cigarette box made by inmate in Buchenwald Created by unknown prisoner, circa 1940-1945, Buchenwald concentration camp. Given to Josef Seitz from the unknown prisoner. This object was made by an inmate at Buchenwald and given to Josef Seitz who was imprisoned as a Jehovah's Witness.
- Date
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1940-1945
- Geography
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creation:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Willi Seitz
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Smoking paraphernalia
- Object Type
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Cigarette cases (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- handcarved floral design with triangle and "T15951" on front. Inside cover is the monogram "KLB" (concentration camp Buchenwald); initials "JP" also on inside cover
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.700 inches (9.398 cm) | Width: 2.990 inches (7.595 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The cigarette case was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Willi Seitz, the son of Josef Seitz.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:18
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2767
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