Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Given to Sanford Holover by a non-Jewish person who claimed that it was given to him by a German. The ashtray is assumed to be created by an inmate of a concentration camp.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sanford Holover
- Contributor
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Subject:
Sanford Holover
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Smoking paraphernalia
- Object Type
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Ashtrays (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Formed in the shape of a hat with a Jewish star soldered to brim.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Materials
- overall : copper, bronze
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The ashtray was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Sanford Holover.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:20
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8326
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Given to Sanford Holover by a non-Jewish person who claimed that it came from a German. Made from silver Judaica.
