Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Whip with a rubber handle and a metal tip at the opposite striking end that was used at Auschwitz concentration camp
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1942
- Geography
-
use:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp);
Oświęcim (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jacek Wilczur
Physical Details
- Classification
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Weapons
- Category
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Percussive weapons
- Object Type
-
Whips (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Red rubber handle with a metal ring inserted at the end. There is a metal tip at the opposite whip end.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 23.250 inches (59.055 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, rubber
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 whip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Dr. Jacek Wilczur.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-13 16:15:14
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514053
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