Trap door and air vent cover collection

Overview

Collection Summary

Wooden trap door and metal air vent cover that belonged to a house located at Lvivska Street no. 35, Zolkiew (Zhovka), Ukraine, whose crawl space under the floorboards served as a hiding place for Jews during the Holocaust. The trap door and hiding place are described in detail in the Holocaust memoir "Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival", by Clara Kramer.

Provenance

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.