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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. Tallis with bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
2018.297.4 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.297.4 a-b
Date:
received: after 1946 May-before 1947 December
…), and Isik (c. 1932-1944), and attended a public primary school for eight years. In 1938 and 1939, Germany, Hungary, and Poland annexed territory from…
3. Pair of tefillin and bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
2018.297.3 e 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2018.297.3 a-e
Date:
received: after 1946 May-before 1947 December
…), and Isik (c. 1932-1944), and attended a public primary school for eight years. In 1938 and 1939, Germany, Hungary, and Poland annexed territory from…
4. Megillah (Book of Esther) from the former Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2004.482.1
Date:
use: before 1939
Title:
Book of Esther
…Donald Harry Hirschberg (later Harter, 1933-2019) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), to Harry Morton (1899-1957) and Lenore Evelyne…
5. Torah-style scroll and case signed by residents of Schlachtensee DP camp
2003.116.2 a closed
Object | Accession Number: 2003.116.2 a-b
Date:
received: 1946
…Schlachtensee (Berlin, Germany)…
6. 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
…Ilse Brilling (1927-2016) was born to Hedwig (nee, Finkenstein, 1891-1959) and Isidor (1895-1939) Brilling in Rastenburg, Germany (now Kętrzyn…
7. Brass Hanukiah carried by a German Jewish family who immigrated to Ecuador
2016.461.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.461.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: 1937
…Ruth Spier (née Steinberg, 1903-1981) was born in Peckelshiem, Germany, to Siegfried (1874-1945) and Fanny (née Gruenwald) Steinberg. Ruth had one…
8. Atarah with a gold metallic thread floral pattern owned by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.5
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
…Leo Nast was born on October 3, 1885, in Schulitz, Germany. He had a sister, Frederica, and the family was Jewish. He attended Heidelberg University…
9. 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
…Sally (Sol) Ossowski was born on January 1, 1919, in Berlin, Germany, to Frieda Schwartzbardt, born in 1888, and Rabbi Issac Ossowski, born in 1877…
10. Brass Shabbat lamp and drip tray acquired by a German Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2018.356.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: after 1907 September 26-before 1939 March 15
…Louise Suessmann (nee Schwarzenberger, 1907-2000) was born in Mosbach, Germany, to Bernhard (1869-1943), a merchant, and Meta (nee Katzenberger, 1870…