Soap issued to a concentration camp prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)
Archival History
The soap was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Esther Moses.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Esther Moses
Scope and Content
Soap issued to Esther Moses, October-November 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Esther Zelmanovits Moses was interred in Auschwitz-Birkenau. She was given this bar of soap when she was sent to work in Hamburg on November 26, 1944. She carried it with her for the remainder of the war. Her husband, Herbert Moses hid the bar of soap in his father-in-law's, Sam Zelman, store in Kansas.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
rectangular greyish white solid block
Genre
- Object
- Personal Equipment and Supplies
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