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21. Brown cloth Torah mantle with a Star of David applique
1990.41.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.20
Date:
recovered: after 1945
…Germany…
22. Pair of batim from a set of tefillin rescued after Kristallnacht and recovered postwar
2004.576.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.576.1 a-b
Date:
use: before 1938 November 09
recovered: after 1945 May
…Bernhard Groeschel was born in Forchheim, Germany, on March 12, 1878, to Phillipp and Adelheid Rosenbaum Groeschel. Bernhard had a brother, Gustav…
23. 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
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
24. Blue velvet tallit pouch with an embroidered monogram owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.17
Date:
use: approximately 1939
…Carl Nathan Victor was born in Gusten, Germany, on May 1, 1879, to Louis and Henrietta Pels Victor. Louis was born in Gusten on December 8, 1832, to…
25. Leather tallit pouch made by an inmate in a Dutch detention center
2012.485.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.11
Date:
creation: after 1939 September
…Fritz Silberschmidt was born on October 4, 1908, in Bocholt, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Jacob and Selma Berg Silberschmidt. Jacob was a veteran of…
26. 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
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
27. 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
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
28. Striped tallit katan worn by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.6 a-b
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…
29. Blue velvet bimah cover desecrated during Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 2006.496.2
Date:
received: 1945-1947
use: 1938 November 09
…Hannelore (Hanna) Simons was born in Hamm, Germany, in 1928, to Felix, born June 6, 1898, and Johanna Schulhaus Simons, born September 21, 1896. They…
30. Tefillin set with a dark red velvet pouch used by a prewar German Jewish emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.4 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
creation: 1899
…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…
31. White satin yarmulke owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.10
Date:
use: after 1938
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
32. 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…
33. 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
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
34. Tallit katan brought to England by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee
2016.203.2 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2016.203.2
Date:
use: after 1924 June 02
…Norbert Müller (later Norman A. Miller) was born on June 2, 1924, in Tann in der Rhön, Germany, to Sebald and Laura Jüngster Müller. Sebald was born…
35. 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…
36. 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…
37. 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
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
38. Purple velvet tallit pouch made by a woman for her fiance in a DP camp
1999.7.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.7.11
Date:
creation: approximately 1946 January
use: after 1946 January 27-before 1992
…, Germany occupied Hungary. The Hungarians now cooperated with the Germans in the systemic deportation of all Jews in Hungary to concentration camps. The…
39. Tefillin bag
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.7
Date:
emigration: 1940
…Annemarie Alexander was born on August 3, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Isadore and Anna Hirschensohn Alexander, who was born in 1890. Isadore, born…
40. 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
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…