Walking stick from Baranowitschi concentration camp

Object | Accession Number: 1991.230.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Walking stick from Baranowitschi concentration camp. The walking stick is believed to have been carved by an inmate of a concentration camp. The inmate allegedly used a sharpened spoon to carve the decorations. Created by unknown inmate, January 1944, Baranowitschi concentration camp. Supposedly used during war by guard named Roberta, Buchenwald concentration camp. Given to Annette Rice by family friend.
Date: creation: 1944 January
Geography: use: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Annette Rice

Language: German
Classification: Personal Equipment and Supplies
Category: Personal equipment
Object Type: Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (lcsh)
Physical Description: Wooden walking stick. Has dark brown stain. Designs carved into the stick reveal a lighter wood color. Designs include many geometric designs, a bird with a swastika in its talons, flowers, a heart, and a church. The words: "Minsk" and "Baranowitschi," as well as the date "15-I-44."
Dimensions: overall: Height: 14.170 inches (35.992 cm) | Width: 0.390 inches (0.991 cm) | Depth: 1.570 inches (3.988 cm)
Materials: overall : wood

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The walking stick was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Annette Rice.