Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Horseshoe nail from Romani man Kolomon Gabor, from town Spissky Stourtok near Spis, Slovakia. Gabor was in work camps in 1942 and 1943.
- Date
-
use:
1944
- Geography
-
use:
Roma camp;
Spis (Poland and Slovakia)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Kolomon Gabor
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Fasteners
- Object Type
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Nails and spikes (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Materials
- overall : iron
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The nail was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:09
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn973
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