Folding chair used by hidden child
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Folding chair used to hide a Jewish child during the Holocaust.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, gift of the Nowak Family through the Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Furniture
- Object Type
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Folding chairs (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Slatted wood back attached by hinges to slatted wooden seat; wooden legs attached to base of seat
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Depth: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, metal
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 folding chair was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:28:28
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513161
Also in Nowak family collection
The collection consists of a wardrobe and folding chair used to hide a Jewish child during the Holocaust.
Date: approximately 1945
Wardrobe used to hide a Jewish child
Object
Wardrobe used to hide a Jewish child during the Holocaust
