Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Set of two tefillin with green velvet embroidered pouch used by David Schloss, father of Herman Schloss, in Germany and brought to the United States in 1938.
- Date
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emigration:
1938
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Louise Schloss
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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Tefillin (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Tefillin
b. Tefillin
c. Green velvet zippered carrying pouch embroidered in gold thread with a word in Hebrew, a floral design, and a Star of David. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
b: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
c: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) - Materials
- a : leather, cardboard, paint
b : leather, cardboard, paint
c : cloth, thread, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tefillin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Louise Schloss.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:16
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn560137
Also in Herman Schloss family collection
The collection consists of scrip. tefillin, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Herman Schloss, from Sugenheim, Germany, who fled Nazi rule for the United States in 1938.
Date: approximately 1933-1950
Imperial Germany, 1000 Reichsbanknote, brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object
1000 Reichsbanknote scrip brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
Imperial Germany, 1000 Reichsbanknote, brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object
1000 Reichsbanknote scrip brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
Herman Schloss papers
Document
Contains documents, photographs and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Herman Schloss, who was born in 1929 in Sugenheim, Germany, to David and Anna Schloss. The family fled Nazi Germany in 1938.
Prayer book
Object
German-Hebrew prayer book brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
Prayer book
Object
German-Hebrew prayer book brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
News-Week (New York, New York) [Magazine]
Object
February 17 1933 issue of News-Week magazine owned by Herman Schloss who fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
