Bottle
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- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1941-1944 (indexed as 1941–1944)
- Level
- item
- Scope & content
- Glass bottle with a wooden stopper. Inside the bottle is a crucifixion scene showing figure of a man (Jesus) hanging from a crucifix. The man has painted yellow skin with bits of black hair and beard. The crucifix is painted in orange and silver. There are also four tall tower-like structures painted orange, yellow, blue, and silver; two on the right of the crucifix and two on the left. A silver ladder is positioned under the crucified man. The whole is set into a silver base in two pieces. Narrative: The bottle was handcrafted by a Ukrainian prisoner of war in the Ban Saint-Jean camp. Many of the Soviet prisoners formed close ties with the local farmers, on whose farmers they were sent to work. They created handicrafts such as bottles, baskets, and wooden toys to give as gifts or to trade for food. This bottle was given to Anna Kremer, who lived in Boulay (village close to the camp) by a prisoner to whom she had given food and shoes. Many examples of such bottles and other handmade gifts were given to villagers in appreciation for their help to the prisoners of war. An estimated 22,000 Soviet prisoners of war died at Ban Saint-Jean of malnutrition and exhaustion between 1941-1944.
- In the picture
- BottleCrossCrucifixJesus ChristLadderReligious ArtReligious CeremonyStill LifeTowerWood FrameTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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- Extent
- Bottle : painted : multi-coloured ; Ht: 21,7 cm x W: 7,5 cm
- Genre / form
- object
- Format
- Object / artifact
- Language
- French
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
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