Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Barbed wire from the Salaspils Concentration Camp.
- Geography
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use:
Salaspils (Concentration camp);
Salaspils (Latvia)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ilya Kamenkovitch
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Hardware
- Object Type
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Barbed wire (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Barbed wire (3-dimensional) in wood with three enameled medals; "Salaspils" on each medal.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 4.380 inches (11.125 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, metal, enamel
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The barbed wire was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Irina Kamenkovich, Tamara Kamenkovich, and Natella Voiskinskaya, the family of Ilya Kamenkovisch.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:33
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn9043
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