Yona Wygocka Dickmann collection

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Comb made from airplane parts by a Polish Jewish female slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2959
- English
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Aluminum comb made from airplane parts by Yona Wygocka, age 16, in November 1944 when she was a slave laborer in an ammunition factory in Freiburg, Germany. She had been sent there from Auschwitz concentration camp. She used this to comb out her hair as it began to grow back following her transfer from Auschwitz.
Pocket knife used by a Polish Jewish female slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2960
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Jack knife made from materials salvaged from a saw and airplane parts made by Yona Wygocka circa November 1944 when she was a slave laborer in an ammunition factory in Freiburg, Germany. She had been sent there from Auschwitz concentration camp. . She used the knife to cut her daily portion of bread which she shared with her aunt.