Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Tile fragment with a partial image of a Star of David found by Valerie Wilpon on March 26, 2017, in the area of Warsaw where the Jewish ghetto was established in German occupied Poland during World War II.
- Date
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found:
2017 March 26
- Geography
-
found:
Warsaw (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Valerie Goldman Wilpon
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Ceramics
- Object Type
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Ceramic tiles (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular fragment of a terracota color tile with a partial Star of David on one side.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
- Materials
- overall : clay, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tile fragment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Valerie Goldman Wilpon.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-17 07:40:30
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn560258
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