Wall fragment from a gas chamber at Auschwitz concentration camp
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Concrete wall fragment from gas chamber #1 at Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland.
- Date
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creation:
1942
- Geography
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use:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp);
Oświęcim (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jacek Nowakowski
Physical Details
- Classification
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Materials
- Category
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Building materials
- Object Type
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Concrete walls (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Materials
- overall : concrete
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Auschwitz wall fragment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Jacek Nowakowski.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4286
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