Piece of concentration camp barbed wire owned by Zdenka Steiner
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
Archival History
The barbed wire was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Dan Novak, the son of Zdenka Steiner Novak.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Dan Novak.
Scope and Content
Piece of barbed wire from Pag concentration camp in Croatia where Zdenka Steiner’s (later Novak) mother and sister were killed during the Holocaust. The stone is part of a collection documenting Zdenka Steiner Novak and the Steiner family's experiences in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia) before, during, and after World War II. Zdenka and her first husband, who perished, were arrested and told they would be sent to a forced labor camp. Zdenka was released due to family connections, lived in hiding for a time, and then joined the partisans. Her parents, Lavoslav and Elsa, and sister, Mira, were arrested and killed in Jasenovac and Pag concentration camps.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
A piece of barbed wire.
Corporate Bodies
- Jasenovac (Concentration camp)
- Pag (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Partisans.
- Zagreb (Croatia)
Genre
- Object
- Tools and Equipment