Ana and Frank Skopec collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn368
• English
• overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Bar of soap issued for sale in the store of the grandfather of Frank Skopec by the German Authority for Civilian Supplies in 1945. He had a shop in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia which was annexed by Germany in fall 1938. It was rumored that it was made from human fat. However, this was not the case. A soap bar from this collection. 1989.264.1, was sent for laboratory analysis. The lab tests indicated that the soap contained no fatty acids, human or otherwise. It is composed primarily of a substance similar to micah or pumice and also includes traces of barium sulfate. Lab scienti...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4839
• English
• overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Bar of soap issued for sale in the store of the grandfather of Frank Skopec by the German Authority for Civilian Supplies in 1945. He had a shop in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia which was annexed by Germany in fall 1938. It was rumored that it was made from human fat. However, this was not the case. A soap bar from this collection. 1989.264.1, was sent for laboratory analysis. The lab tests indicated that the soap contained no fatty acids, human or otherwise. It is composed primarily of a substance similar to micah or pumice and also includes traces of barium sulfate. Lab scienti...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4840
• English
• overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Bar of soap issued for sale in the store of the grandfather of Frank Skopec by the German Authority for Civilian Supplies in 1945. He had a shop in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia which was annexed by Germany in fall 1938. It was rumored that it was made from human fat. However, this was not the case. A soap bar from this collection. 1989.264.1, was sent for laboratory analysis. The lab tests indicated that the soap contained no fatty acids, human or otherwise. It is composed primarily of a substance similar to micah or pumice and also includes traces of barium sulfate. Lab scienti...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn964
• English
• overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Bar of soap issued for sale to the grandfather of Frank Skopec by the German Authority for Civilian Supplies in 1945. He had a shop in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia which was annexed by Germany in fall 1938. It was rumored that it was made from human fat. However, this was not the case. This bar was sent for laboratory analysis. The tests indicated that the soap contained no fatty acids, human or otherwise. It is composed primarily of a substance similar to micah or pumice and also includes traces of barium sulfate. Lab scientists compared it to a "mechanic's soap" and said that ...