Polish Government presentation set collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn45965
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Depth: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

Modern presentation box for two silver-colored metal spoons that were recovered on the site of Belzec killing center, and presented to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by the Polish Government. In 1941, construction of the killing center began on the site of a former labor camp in southeastern German-occupied Poland. Construction was completed in the winter of 1942 and operations commenced on March 17, 1942. The killing center, and two others, Sobibor and Treblinka II were built for Operation Reinhard, a code name for the plan to kill the two million Jews who resided in s...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn45932
• English
• overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

One of two silver-colored metal spoons recovered from the site of Belzec killing center, and presented to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in 1998 by the Polish Government. In 1995, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and the Polish government arranged for American donors to contribute half the funds for the creation of a memorial on the site of the camp. Prior to construction, archaeologists conducted excavations at the site between 1997 and 1999. In 1941, construction of the killing center began on the site of a former labor camp in southeastern German-occupied...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn45963
• English
• overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

One of two silver-colored metal spoons recovered from the site of Belzec killing center, and presented to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in 1998 by the Polish Government. In 1995, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and the Polish government arranged for American donors to contribute half the funds for the creation of a memorial on the site of the camp. Prior to construction, archaeologists conducted excavations at the site between 1997 and 1999. In 1941, construction of the killing center began on the site of a former labor camp in southeastern German-occupied...