Piece of concentration camp barbed wire owned by Zdenka Steiner

Identifier
irn735904
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.618.4
  • 2019.619
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

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.

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.