Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Piece of church bell used to hide circumcision by Dr. Julian Aleksandrowicz, while he was in hiding.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Maryla Aleksandrowicz
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Musical instruments
- Object Type
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Church bells (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- A piece of metal (taken from a church bell).
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, cloth, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The bell fragment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Maryla Alexandrowicz.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:16
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4295
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Also in Maryla Aleksandrowicz collection
Collection of notes sent to Maryla Aleksandrowicz from her parents in the Płaszów concentration camp, sent while Maryla was in hiding. Inlcudes a photograph of Dr. Julian Alexandrowicz in his partisan uniform. The collection also includes a piece of a church bell used to hide circumcision by Dr. Julian Aleksandrowicz, while he was in hiding.
Maryla Aleksandrowicz Collection
Document
The Maryla Aleksandrowicz collection consists of notes sent to Maryla Aleksandrowicz while she was in hiding, from her parents in the Płaszów concentration camp. A photograph of Dr. Julian Alexandrowicz in his partisan uniform.
