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1. Megillah (Book of Esther) from the former Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2004.482.1
Date:
use: before 1939
Title:
Book of Esther
…Donald Harry Hirschberg (later Harter, 1933-2019) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), to Harry Morton (1899-1957) and Lenore Evelyne…
2. Tallis with bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
2018.297.4 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.297.4 a-b
Date:
received: after 1946 May-before 1947 December
…), and Isik (c. 1932-1944), and attended a public primary school for eight years. In 1938 and 1939, Germany, Hungary, and Poland annexed territory from…
3. Pair of tefillin and bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
2018.297.3 e 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2018.297.3 a-e
Date:
received: after 1946 May-before 1947 December
…), and Isik (c. 1932-1944), and attended a public primary school for eight years. In 1938 and 1939, Germany, Hungary, and Poland annexed territory from…
4. Black yarmulke owned by Milton Emont and likely used during World War II
2018.565.3 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.3
Date:
use: approximately 1943-approximately 1946
… both France and Germany. In 1945, he was able to complete eight weeks of graduate coursework in French and French literature at the Sorbonne and…
5. Tallit owned by a German Jewish man
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.3
Date:
emigration: after 1937-1939 May
…Ilse Brilling (1927-2016) was born to Hedwig (nee, Finkenstein, 1891-1959) and Isidor (1895-1939) Brilling in Rastenburg, Germany (now Kętrzyn…
6. Hand painted Torah binder brought with German Jewish refugee family
2016.404.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.404.2
Date:
commemoration: 1935
use: 2012
…Erich Junker (later Eric, 1935-2012) was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, to Friedrich (Fritz, later Fred, 1900-1980) and Betty (nee Keller, 1905-2005…
7. Brass Hanukiah carried by a German Jewish family who immigrated to Ecuador
2016.461.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.461.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: 1937
…Ruth Spier (née Steinberg, 1903-1981) was born in Peckelshiem, Germany, to Siegfried (1874-1945) and Fanny (née Gruenwald) Steinberg. Ruth had one…
8. Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor
2006.516.4 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.4 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
… learned several languages, including Hebrew, Romanian, Hungarian, French, and German. In the late 1930s, Hungary made an alliance with Nazi Germany that…
9. Desecrated Torah fragment used as wrapping
1992.183.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.183.9
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.…
10. Tefillin set with a dark red velvet pouch used by a prewar German Jewish emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.4 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
creation: 1899
…Leo Nast was born on October 3, 1885, in Schulitz, Germany. He had a sister, Frederica, and the family was Jewish. He attended Heidelberg University…
11. Ritual circumcision set with 2 knives, a case, 2 shields, a suction tube, and scissors used by a mohel
1992.8.38_a closed
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.38 a-g
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
12. Ritual slaughter instrument set: 3 knives, 3 cases, 2 whetstones, a bag, a band, and 4 cloths used by a shochet
1992.8.39_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.39 a-n
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
13. Mizrach, a sign designating the direction of Jerusalem, with a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.36 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.36
Date:
creation: 1928-1929
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Mizrach for my Wife
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
14. Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.26
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
15. Damaged Torah scroll from a synagogue in Marburg desecrated during Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 1991.131.1 a-c
Date:
found: 1938 November 09-1938 November 10
…Marburg (Germany)…
16. Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a German Jewish man
2016.538.2 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.2 a-d
Date:
emigration: after 1937-1939 May
…Ilse Brilling (1927-2016) was born to Hedwig (nee, Finkenstein, 1891-1959) and Isidor (1895-1939) Brilling in Rastenburg, Germany (now Kętrzyn…
17. Ritual slaughter knife with a wooden case used by a shochet
1992.8.33_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.33 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
18. Painted mezuzah used by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.3
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
…Leo Nast was born on October 3, 1885, in Schulitz, Germany. He had a sister, Frederica, and the family was Jewish. He attended Heidelberg University…
19. Mezuzah with an embossed rising sun used by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.2
Date:
emigration: 1934 July
…Leo Nast was born on October 3, 1885, in Schulitz, Germany. He had a sister, Frederica, and the family was Jewish. He attended Heidelberg University…
20. Brass Shabbat lamp and drip tray acquired by a German Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2018.356.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: after 1907 September 26-before 1939 March 15
…Louise Suessmann (nee Schwarzenberger, 1907-2000) was born in Mosbach, Germany, to Bernhard (1869-1943), a merchant, and Meta (nee Katzenberger, 1870…