Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Signs and signboards
- Object Type
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Plaques, plaquettes (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal plaque with engraved image of the entrance to Auschwitz with the gate, "Arbeit Macht Frei" and a quote from Elie Wiesel called, "At the Gates of Hitler's Inferno." The plaque is attached to a black resin base.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The plaque was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:26
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49128
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