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Underwear worn in the Warsaw ghetto

Object | Accession Number: 1995.11.2
1995.11.2 front Underwear worn in the Warsaw ghetto Click to enlarge

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.

Date
found:  approximately 1939-1943
Classification
Clothing and Dress
Category
Women's clothing
Object Type
Underwear (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sabina Blondowska Greenberg

About This Object

Physical Description
One pair of underwear.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm)
Materials
overall : cloth

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The underwear was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Sabina Blondowska Greenberg, the daughter of Celina Blondowska.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 08:59:37
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8928

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.

Remnant from a curtain made in the Warsaw ghetto

Remnant from a curtain made in the Warsaw ghetto

Object

Remnant of a curtain made by Celina Blondowska in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.

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