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Actions Displays	electrical insulator Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2003/004 Titleelectrical insulator DescriptionWhite porcelain insulator, reputedly from the electrified fence at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Embossed into the base is the number 4079 and the stylised, intertwined letters SP. The insulator was collected by the donor in 1978 from Auschwitz, where it was found with other similar items on a pile of building rubble near the newly built memorial. The donor reports having seen hundreds of identical insulators still attached to the electric fences inside and around the camp. Production date circa 1945 SubjectHolocaust, concentration camps Object namesouvenirs Dimensions whole height: 75.00 mm diameter: 50.00 mm diameter: 45.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Pietro Butti

Object numberM2003/004

Titleelectrical insulator

DescriptionWhite porcelain insulator, reputedly from the electrified fence at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Embossed into the base is the number 4079 and the stylised, intertwined letters SP. The insulator was collected by the donor in 1978 from Auschwitz, where it was found with other similar items on a pile of building rubble near the newly built memorial. The donor reports having seen hundreds of identical insulators still attached to the electric fences inside and around the camp.

Production date circa 1945

SubjectHolocaust, concentration camps

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Pietro Butti

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