Object numberM1991/009:002
DescriptionPiece of rock picked up as a souvenir during a visit to Auschwitz.
Mark Spigelman accompanied his son and 34 Habonim students on a tour of Poland in 1990, the first Australian Zionist youth movement to visit Poland. Born in Poland in November 1940, Spigelman was asked to act as a guide for the group. In 1943 he and his parents were in a work camp in Srodula, Poland. Before being deported to a concentration camp, they constructed a bunker in a shoe workhouse and survived the war in the bunker. The family left Poland in 1949 on false passports when he was eight years old.
Note: It is a violation of the law for members of the public to remove any item, including stones, from a concentration camp in formerly occupied Poland.
Mark Spigelman accompanied his son and 34 Habonim students on a tour of Poland in 1990, the first Australian Zionist youth movement to visit Poland. Born in Poland in November 1940, Spigelman was asked to act as a guide for the group. In 1943 he and his parents were in a work camp in Srodula, Poland. Before being deported to a concentration camp, they constructed a bunker in a shoe workhouse and survived the war in the bunker. The family left Poland in 1949 on false passports when he was eight years old.
Note: It is a violation of the law for members of the public to remove any item, including stones, from a concentration camp in formerly occupied Poland.
Production placeAuschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Subjectconcentration camps
Object namesouvenirs
Dimensions
- whole width: 45.00 mm
height: 20.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr. Mark Spigelman