The pencil was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Pencil
The pencil was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Elizabeth Margosches the grandaughter of Helene Reik.
overall: Height: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm) | Width: 0.310 inches (0.787 cm) | Depth: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm)
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Six-sided cylindrical form constructed of wood with graphite interior and yellow painted exterior; engraved on one side is"1183 07 CH illegible TH No 2"
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