Yona Wygocka Dickmann collection

Identifier: irn79204
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn79204

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Yona Wygocka Dickmann.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a comb and pocket knife relating to the experiences of Yona Wygocka as a prisoner in a salve labor camp in Germany during the Holocaust.

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Comb made from airplane parts by a Polish Jewish female slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2959
- English
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aluminum comb made from airplane parts by Yona Wygocka, age 16, in November 1944 when she was a slave laborer in an ammunition factory in Freiburg, Germany. She had been sent there from Auschwitz concentration camp. She used this to comb out her hair as it began to grow back following her transfer from Auschwitz.
Pocket knife used by a Polish Jewish female slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2960
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Jack knife made from materials salvaged from a saw and airplane parts made by Yona Wygocka circa November 1944 when she was a slave laborer in an ammunition factory in Freiburg, Germany. She had been sent there from Auschwitz concentration camp. . She used the knife to cut her daily portion of bread which she shared with her aunt.

Yona Wygocka Dickmann collection

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Comb made from airplane parts by a Polish Jewish female slave laborer

Pocket knife used by a Polish Jewish female slave laborer