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  5. Tin plate that was sent from the Drancy detainment camp, engraved with the date of Elie Kalinski's arrival at the camp on 20 August 1941, a short time before his deportation to Auschwitz

Tin plate that was sent from the Drancy detainment camp, engraved with the date of Elie Kalinski's arrival at the camp on 20 August 1941, a short time before his deportation to Auschwitz

Tin plate that was sent from the Drancy detainment camp, engraved with the date of Elie Kalinski's arrival at the camp, 20 August 1941
Tin plate that was sent from the Drancy detainment camp, engraved with the date of Elie Kalinski's arrival at the camp, 20 August 1941

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Chaim Shlomo Ploskwa, Paris, France

Tin plate that was sent from the Drancy detainment camp, engraved with the date of Elie Kalinski's arrival at the camp, 20 August 1941
Tin plate that was sent from the Drancy detainment camp, engraved with the date of Elie Kalinski's arrival at the camp, 20 August 1941

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Chaim Shlomo Ploskwa, Paris, France

Elie Kalinski
Elie Kalinski