Entrance doors from Hospital No. 1 in the Łódź ghetto

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a. Two brownish-red doors with interior metal grills set in a frame that consists of two tall sides with side windows and a transom across the top. The frame is set within a fiberglass casting of the original concrete doorway surround (CA91.1.5a-c). Separated by a small lintel, each door has two windows with missing glass, separated by a central rail, with diamond shaped grills formed by two thin parallel metal bars connected by regularly spaced, small metal balls. Long, rectangular brass handles are attached to the front of the doors with L-shaped brackets on either end. On the right door, there is a key hole in the wood near the bottom of the handle. Further up is a flat, oval-shaped lock hasp attached to the door with a metal loop and a screw. On the left door, opposite the lock hasp, is a metal eye loop. Both sidelights in the frame flanking the doors contain ten square holes with filled with wooden backing panels and inverted Y-shaped metal grills. A large rectangular transom sits above the doors. The transom and sidelights originally held glass, but it has been replaced with a painted wood panel. The top left sidelight panel is broken and there is paint missing from above the center transom. Overall, the thick paint is buckled and peeling with several losses, and there are white accretions in several places. The upper, right handle bracket is loose, and there is a loss to the metal on the side. b. Long, rectangular, metal handle with a square-shaped cross-section, intended to be attached to a right-side door. The main handle consists of a cast iron bar, covered in a sheet of brass. At the top of the handle, an L-shaped brass fitting slips underneath the brass sheeting and is secured with two small fasteners on the sides. The fitting has a narrow lip just above where the handle attaches, bends at a ninety-degree angle to the left, and beds at another ninety-degree angle back to the door. It ends in a square plate that has two screw holes at the top and bottom. Near the bottom of the handle is an L-shaped brass fitting with a hollow cube at one end, through which the handle passes. The fitting beds at one ninety-degree angle, and ends in a square plate that has two screw holes. The bottom of the handle’s brass exterior is open-ended, exposing the core, and is cracked with some losses. There are two small nail holes on the front and back of the main shaft, and a small nail protrudes from the bottom between the layers. The brass sheeting is cracked along the handle’s sides, and the brass sections show wear and corrosion. The brass fittings and attachment plates have a coating of reddish-brown paint that is peeling and flaking. c. A rectangular piece of fiberboard attached to a narrow piece of wood trim by a single, small nail. There are four irregularly placed nail holes along the center of the fiberboard, which is covered in a reddish-brown layer of flaking paint and a white powdery residue. The wood trim is coated with the same paint and residue, and is broken on both ends, exposing the wood underneath. The wood is splitting down the middle, and a nail hole is partially visible within one of the cracks. Spaced along the front of the trim are three metal staples, with torn remnants of off-white paper stuck beneath two of them. d. Steel bolt fragment with a six-sided head and a smooth, unthreaded shank that has been broken off. It is bent with surface corrosion. The head has remnants of peeling, reddish-brown paint. e. Steel bolt fragment with a six-sided nut attached near the head, above the smooth, unthreaded shank, which has been broken off. The shank is slightly bent, and the flat end is corroded. The nut is also corroded, fixed in place around the shank and is splitting horizontally near the bottom.