Trap door and air vent cover collection
Acquisition
The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
Scope and Content
Wooden trap door and metal air vent cover that belonged to a house located at Lvivska Street no. 35, Zolkiew (Zhovka), Ukraine, whose crawl space under the floorboards served as a hiding place for Jews during the Holocaust. The trap door and hiding place are described in detail in the Holocaust memoir "Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival", by Clara Kramer.
Genre
- Collection