Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Trude Rabl
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Torah scrolls (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Torah scrolls. Torah cases.
- Physical Description
- Torah scroll: paper with printed Hebrew text rolled onto a wooden spool at both ends; black wooden handles attached to top and bottom of each spool. Torah case: cylindrical form of white textile; illegible image and text printed on exterior
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) - Materials
- overall : paper, ink, wood, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Torah scroll and case were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Trude Rabl, the wife of Julius Rabl.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-13 09:24:12
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521366
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Also in Julius Rabl collection
The collection consists of a miniature Torah scroll, a prayer book, and an album of sketches by Alfred Kantor relating to the experiences of Julius Rabl, the donor's husband, before and during the Holocaust
Album
Object
The album was created by Alfred Kantor in the Schwarzheide labor camp. He gave it to Julius Rabl [donor's husband] who hid it under the floorboards in the barracks of the camp. Julius Rabl carried the album with him on a death march.
