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1. Black yarmulke owned by Milton Emont and likely used during World War II
2018.565.3 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.3
Date:
use: approximately 1943-approximately 1946
… both France and Germany. In 1945, he was able to complete eight weeks of graduate coursework in French and French literature at the Sorbonne and…
2. Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor
2006.516.4 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.4 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
… learned several languages, including Hebrew, Romanian, Hungarian, French, and German. In the late 1930s, Hungary made an alliance with Nazi Germany that…
3. Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor
2006.516.5 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.5 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
… learned several languages, including Hebrew, Romanian, Hungarian, French, and German. In the late 1930s, Hungary made an alliance with Nazi Germany that…
4. Torah mantle with embroidered crown used for Bar Mitzvah at Theresienstadt
2005.517.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.517.4
Date:
received: 1944 July
… observant Jewish family. In March 1938, the Anschluss or the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany occurred. Anti-Jewish legislation was enacted and the civil…
5. Medallion with Moses and the S'hma prayer found by a young Jewish woman on a camp transport
2009.359.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.359.3
Date:
found: 1943-1945
… schools. She and her sister also received music, dance, and drama lessons. In September 1939, after the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the eastern…
6. Desecrated section of a Torah scroll used as postal package wrapping
Object | Accession Number: 2010.104.1
Date:
use: 1941-1944
…Munich (Germany)…
7. Tallit with Great Seal, Star of David and 10 commandments used by a US Army chaplain
Object | Accession Number: 2011.320.1
Date:
use: 1942-1946
…’Elysee night club. In Paris, and later in Germany, Nadich provided help to the Bricha organization in its efforts to assist Jewish refugees to emigrate, often…
8. Tefillin and green velvet pouch used by a Polish Jewish survivor
2006.285.4_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.285.4 a-c
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… in Germany where they would have food. Most of the parents did not want to give their children away, so the Germans started to take the children away…