Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Tallit found in German home by Manfred Hohenemser, an American GI who was a German Jewish refugee. After his unit liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp, they moved on to the town of Eisenbach near the Austrian border. Manfred was ordered to conduct a house to house search, and while doing so, he saw the tallit being used as a tablecloth in one of the homes. Furious, he ripped the tallit off the table and took it with him.
- Date
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found:
1945
- Geography
-
found:
Eisenbach (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Brina Herskovits
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Manfred Hohenemse
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Long, rectangular, off white textile prayer shawl with blue stripes on each end.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 66.000 inches (167.64 cm) | Width: 50.000 inches (127 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tallit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Brina Herskovits, daughter of Manfred Hohenemser.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:28
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn552668
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