Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Door handle from the Minsk orphanage retrieved from the rubble after World War II.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mikhail Stolyar
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Hardware
- Object Type
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Door knobs (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Very rusty; has swinging key panel.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.875 inches (27.623 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 2.520 inches (6.401 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The door handle was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Mikhail Stolyar.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:35
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5627
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