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The Museum building will remain open to the public through October 17, 2025. For more information about visiting the Museum, please visit Plan Your Visit.

The Fake Diamond Ring That Helped Save Three Lives

When German soldiers broke a chandelier in the Drohobycz ghetto, Abraham “Bumek” Gruber took some of the broken pieces and asked a jeweler to make him a ring. Bumek was later able to use the fake diamond ring to ensure his survival as well as the survival of two other Jews, a mother and her daughter, when they escaped from the ghetto.