The doily was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Bozenna M. Urbanowicz Gilbride.
Rectangular cloth doily with fringe along the edges. It is embroidered with Polish text above an image of long, rectangular buildings surrounded by a fence with trees in the background. front, embroidered, thread : Na zycie i na smierc 29.7.44 [In life and death 29.7.44]
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overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
Doily created by a Polish inmate in Ravensbrück (Ravensbrueck) concentration camp in Germany in 1944. It has the phrase, Na zycie i na smierc (In life and death] embroidered above an image of the barracks.
Embroidered doily made by a Polish inmate in Ravensbrueck depicting the camp