Pink cloth Torah scroll cover saved by a refugee from Nazi Germany
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Torah scroll cover made to slide over and protect a closed scroll that was received by Freddy Rotenberg from his parents for his Bar Mitzvah in 1934 Germany.
- Date
-
creation:
1934
- Geography
-
received:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Freddy Rotenberg
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 mantles (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Pink handsewn cloth cover imprinted with a now illegible design in black ink and Hebrew characters.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Torah mantle was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Freddy Rotenberg.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:21
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8379
Also in Freddy Rotenberg collection
The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Freddy Rotenberg in in Germany before the Holocaust.
Date: 1934
