Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Moiseevici Akkerman
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Personal equipment
- Physical Description
- Rectangular abacus with 12 metal rods and 114 wooden beads
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, 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 abacus was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Leon Moiseevici Akkerman, the son of Leika and Moisei Akkerman.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:50:59
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn563255
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Abacus and washboard that initially belonged to Leika and Moisei Akkerman (donor's parents). The items were left behind in their family home when they escaped to Tashkent in the summer 1941. When they returned to Edinet in 1948, they found their home occupied by locals. The house had been looted and many of their belongings were found in the posession of neighbors who lived a two houses down and claimed that they had "bought" these items during the war. Among the few items that remained in their home were this washboard and the abacus which was used by Moisei who worked as an accountant at the local post office.
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