Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Ritual tablecloth /veil for the Torah box from the Gherla synagogue. The Gherla synagogue was used in 1944 as a short-term detention place for Jews before they were interned in the Gherla brick factory which was used as a ghetto. At this point, the Gherla Jewish community is made up of one person, eighty-year-old survivor Zoltan Blun.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexandru Sommer
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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Torah ark curtains (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 50.000 inches (127 cm)
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 ark curtain was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Alexandru Sommer.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:01
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn627350
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