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1. Mizrach, a sign designating the direction of Jerusalem, with a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.36 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.36
Date:
creation: 1928-1929
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Mizrach for my Wife
2. Blue velvet bimah cover desecrated during Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 2006.496.2
Date:
received: 1945-1947
use: 1938 November 09
3. Ritual slaughter knife with a wooden case used by a shochet
1992.8.33_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.33 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
4. Calligraphy of a graveside Kaddish created by a sofer [scribe]
1992.8.35 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.35
Date:
creation: approximately 1930-1933
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Kaddish
5. Torah scroll torn into four pieces from a desecrated synagogue
Object | Accession Number: 1996.1.1 a-d
Date:
found: 1938 November 09-1938 November 10
6. Pair of tefillin with blue velvet bag used by a Jewish refugee
1992.8.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.17 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: 1900-1943
7. Embroidered pouch for tefillin brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.3
Date:
use: 1901-1946
8. Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.26
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
9. Large white wool tallit with blue stripes well-used by a Polish Jewish elder
Object | Accession Number: 2004.406.2
Date:
use: 1902-1964 November 10
10. Calligraphy of Sukkot prayers and a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.37 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.37
Date:
creation: 1933-1934
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Welcoming Sukkot
11. Portable marble Hanukkah menorah with 4 sections made for a rabbi
1992.8.22_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.22 a-d
Date:
creation: 1920
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1920-1938
12. Burgundy velvet shofar cover with a floral border and tassels saved by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1993.22.2.2
Date:
emigration: 1938
13. Candelabrum fragments from a synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht
2000.507.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.507.1 a-b
Date:
found: after 1938 November 09
14. Damaged Torah scroll from a synagogue in Marburg desecrated during Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 1991.131.1 a-c
Date:
found: 1938 November 09-1938 November 10
15. Brass Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.32 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.32
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
16. Handpainted linen Torah binder made for a German Jewish boy
1992.8.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.1
Date:
creation: 1919 January
commemoration: 1919 January-1919 January
emigration: 1938-1938
17. Pair of Sabbath candlesticks with wax reservoirs owned by a Jewish refugee
1992.8.28 a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.28 a-d
Date:
use: approximately 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
18. Circumcision knife with inscription and agate handle with wooden case used by a mohel
1992.8.27_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.27 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
19. Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a German Jewish man
2016.538.2 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.2 a-d
Date:
emigration: after 1937-1939 May
20. Damaged Torah scroll used as kindling
Object | Accession Number: 1990.119.1
Date:
use: 1938 November