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Handmade table knife made in the Kovno Ghetto

Object | Accession Number: 1994.120.1
1994.120.1 front Handmade table knife made in the Kovno Ghetto Click to enlarge

Knife made by the Lubetzky family while living in the Kovno Ghetto and later carried to Stutthof concentration camp and a Russian labor camp.

Date
1941-1945
Geography
creation: Kaunas ghetto; Kaunas (Lithuania)
use: Stutthof (Concentration camp); Sztutowo (Poland)
Classification
Household Utensils
Category
Flatware
Object Type
Table knives (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Roman Lubetzky

About This Object

Physical Description
It is crudely made from scraps of silver-colored metal.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
Materials
overall : metal
Contributor
Subject: Roman Lubetzky
Biography
Roman Lubetzky was born in Riga, Latvia. He was interned in Kovno Ghetto, then deported to Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps and a Soviet forced labor camp.

Keywords and Subjects

Personal Name
Lubetzky, Roman.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The knife was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Roman Lubetzky.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:28:58
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