Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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
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1941-1945
- Geography
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creation:
Kaunas ghetto;
Kaunas (Lithuania)
use: Stutthof (Concentration camp); Sztutowo (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Roman Lubetzky
- Contributor
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Subject:
Roman Lubetzky
- Biography
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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.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Flatware
- Object Type
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Table knives (aat)
- 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
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Lubetzky, Roman.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The knife was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Roman Lubetzky.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-11-10 11:51:30
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517809
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