Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Jewish prayer book (siddurim) given to prisoner of Gurs Concentration Camp by French nuns.
- Title
- Siddur
- Date
-
publication:
1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Arthur Mendel
Physical Details
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Prayer books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Paperbound book composed primarily of Hebrew text; book covered with brown paper sleeve; recto: front cover of sleeve bears inscription, "Ida Heidelberger/Kol H. Bar. 7./Camp de Gurs B.J." [check spelling]
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, graphite
- Inscription
- recto: (cover; note, book is meant to be read from "back" to "front") upper left corner, in ink, "Georges"; front cover, verso, left side, in pencil, "Ida Heidelberger [illegible] H. Bar. 7."; last page, verso (p. 64), in pencil, "8.8.41. Schabesnachme"; back cover, verso, right side, in pencil, "Ida Heidelberger 8.8.41."
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Arthur Mendel.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-19 09:57:01
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11837
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The collection consists of Jewish prayer books owned by a prisoner at Gurs concentration camp in France.
Date: 1940-1943
Prayer book
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Jewish prayer book (siddurim) owned by a prisoner of the Gurs concentration camp in France.
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Prayer book
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Jewish prayer book (siddurim) which belonged to a prisoner of the Gurs concentration camp in France.
