Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Architectural Elements
- Category
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Buildings and structures
- Object Type
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Vent covers (aat)
- Physical Description
- Metal grate or vent cover.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.130 inches (13.03 cm) | Width: 6.130 inches (15.57 cm) | Depth: 0.380 inches (0.965 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 air vent was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn612680
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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.
Trap door
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Wooden trap door 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.
