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1. 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
… could do to help them and they were to be taken away by the Germans. The police loaded them in wagons that took them to Irsava ghetto. They were crowded…
2. 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
… answered honestly, although the police officer was indicating, from behind the Gestapo’s man’s back, that Irma should keep quiet. Johnna and Irma were told…
3. 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
… answered honestly, although the police officer was indicating, from behind the Gestapo’s man’s back, that Irma should keep quiet. Johnna and Irma were told…
4. Set of tefillin buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar
2004.333.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.333.1 a-b
Date:
recovered: approximately 1945 May
… decided to stay and join them later. In December, Josef and Marcus traveled to a German police station in Graz on the Austrian-Yugoslavian border. They then…
5. Tefillin storage pouch buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar
2004.333.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.333.2
Date:
recovered: approximately 1945 May
… decided to stay and join them later. In December, Josef and Marcus traveled to a German police station in Graz on the Austrian-Yugoslavian border. They then…
6. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
7. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
8. Striped tallit and red velvet pouch used by a prewar German Jewish emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.7 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
… answered honestly, although the police officer was indicating, from behind the Gestapo’s man’s back, that Irma should keep quiet. Johnna and Irma were told…
9. 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
… answered honestly, although the police officer was indicating, from behind the Gestapo’s man’s back, that Irma should keep quiet. Johnna and Irma were told…
10. Red brushed velvet tefillin pouch with a Star of David found in postwar Berlin
1992.169.3_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.3 a
Date:
found: 1945
… Yaffa, Moshe, and her brother Yitzhak. The police arrested the assailants, but freed them almost immediately. After the funeral, Moshe left with the…
11. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
12. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
13. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
14. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
15. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
16. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
17. 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
… interrogated several times by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. In…
18. Painted mezuzah used by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.3
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
… answered honestly, although the police officer was indicating, from behind the Gestapo’s man’s back, that Irma should keep quiet. Johnna and Irma were told…
19. Mezuzah with an embossed rising sun used by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.2
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
… answered honestly, although the police officer was indicating, from behind the Gestapo’s man’s back, that Irma should keep quiet. Johnna and Irma were told…
20. Matzoh cover with an embroidered Star of David, kiddush cup, and Hebrew inscription recovered postwar by a Dutch Jewish family
2008.220.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.220.5
Date:
creation: 1919
recovered: after 1945 July
… on the police list, to her for safekeeping, but they decided to stay together as a family. They were sent to Westerbork transit camp and remained there…