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Tree stump from the Palmiry Forest with an embedded bullet shell

Object | Accession Number: 1992.232.1

This "AB-AKTION" was referred to by the Nazis as the "Ausserordentliche Befriedigungsaktionen (extraordinary pacification operation). Clerics, intellectuals, academics, politicians, and suspected resisters were murdered there.

Geography
found: Palmiry Forest; Warsaw (Poland)
Classification
Materials
Category
Plant materials
Object Type
Tree trunks (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Museum of the City of Warsaw

About This Object

Physical Description
Stump contains a bullet shell.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 10.630 inches (27 cm) | Width: 7.480 inches (18.999 cm) | Depth: 3.940 inches (10.008 cm)
Materials
overall : wood, metal

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The tree stump was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by the Museum of the City of Warsaw.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:45:25
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