Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Remnant of a curtain made by Celina Blondowska in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.
- Date
-
creation:
approximately 1939-1943
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sabina Blondowska Greenberg
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Household linens
- Object Type
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Draperies (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- One piece of cotton lace drapery.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 72.000 inches (182.88 cm) | Width: 72.000 inches (182.88 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The draperies was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Sabina Blondowska Greenberg, the daughter of Celina Blondowska.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:29
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8927
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Also in Celina Blondowska collection
The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Celine Blondowska in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland durnig the Holocaust.
Date: 1939
Underwear worn in the Warsaw ghetto
Object
Underwear purchased and worn in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust by Sabina Blondowska. She purchased it from the Firestone family, who lived with her family before and during the Holocaust.
