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Pre-war safety razor belonging to Abraham Kirschbraun.

Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN1918/1939

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw, Poland

Pre-war safety razor belonging to Abraham Kirschbraun. This was the only memento of him left to Abraham’s brother Jakub after the Holocaust. Abraham had given it to Jakub as the latter was escaping from occupied Warsaw in 1939. Jakub had it with him in Siberia, and after the war as an émigré in Paris and Israel.
metal, 6×10×5.5; MHŻP–B112; Donated by Jakub Kirschbraun

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  • Title: Pre-war safety razor belonging to Abraham Kirschbraun.
  • Creator: Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN
  • Date: 1918/1939
  • Location: Warsaw
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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