Metal fork with ridged handle used in Theresienstadt
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
Creator(s)
- Eva Moskovits Deutsch (Subject)
- Apollonox (Manufacturer)
Biographical History
Eva Moskovits (later Deutsch) was deported from Targu Mures to Auschwitz concentration camp on May 28, 1944. She was assigned prisoner number 54993. After four months, she was sent to a slave labor camp near Teplice, where she worked from October 4, 1944, to April 25, 1945. She was then sent to Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia where she was liberated by Soviet troops on May 8, 1945.
Archival History
The fork was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Eva Deutsch.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eva Deutsch
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Four pronged iron alloy metal fork with a ridged handle and a maker's mark engraved on the back.
Subjects
- Women concentration camp inmates--Poland--Biography.
- Concentration camp inmates--Czech Republic--Terezín (Severocesky kraj)
- Slave labor--Poland--Biography.
Genre
- Household Utensils
- Object