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Portions of wire from Auschwitz
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2025/007:030
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Portions of wire from Auschwitz
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Small portion of wires with attached lead from Auschwitz concentration camp.
Auschwitz, built in the occupied Polish town of Oswiecim, became the site of the largest single mass murder in history. Initially used to incarcerate Polish political opponents and Russian POWs, the camp expanded during the war to encompass three major centres - Auschwitz I, Birkenau (Auschwitz II) and Buna Monowitz (Auschwitz III). In its four years of operation, approximately 1.3 million people were murdered at this site, of which 1.1 million were Jewish.
Auschwitz, built in the occupied Polish town of Oswiecim, became the site of the largest single mass murder in history. Initially used to incarcerate Polish political opponents and Russian POWs, the camp expanded during the war to encompass three major centres - Auschwitz I, Birkenau (Auschwitz II) and Buna Monowitz (Auschwitz III). In its four years of operation, approximately 1.3 million people were murdered at this site, of which 1.1 million were Jewish.
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]World War II (1939-1945)
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]camp conditions, concentration camp experiences, Auschwitz, victims
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]barbed wire
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[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum collection, donated by the Kleinlehrer family in memory of Aron and Helen Kleinlehrer.
In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.