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1. Desecrated Torah scroll recovered postwar by a Polish Jew
1991.227.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.227.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945
…Desecrated Torah scroll recovered postwar by a Polish Jew…
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2. Tallit katan hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.4
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…Tallit katan hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps…
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3. Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps…
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4. Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps…
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5. Tefillin bag hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.1
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…Tefillin bag hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps…
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6. Parokhet
1990.41.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.4
…Jews--Germany--History--20th century.…
7. Embroidered parokhet
1990.41.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.5
…Jews--Germany--History--20th century.…
8. Brown cloth Torah mantle with a Star of David applique
1990.41.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.20
Date:
recovered: after 1945
…Jews--Germany--History--20th century.…
9. Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet that was used in the Tarnow Ghetto
1991.82.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.82.1
Date:
use: 1941 March-1943 September
manufacture: 1910-1941
… branched candelabrum is a hanukiyah or Hanukkah lamp. Tarnow, Poland, was occupied by Nazi Germany in September 1939. Jews were placed under heavy…
10. Kiddush saucer engraved with a Star of David owned by a Romanian Jewish family
2017.356.2 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 2017.356.2
Date:
use: before 1944 May
… Romania, including Transylvania, was ceded to Hungary and joined the Axis Alliance in November. In Transylvania, the Hungarian authorities conscripted Jews…
11. Kiddush cup engraved with a Hebrew prayer owned by a Romanian Jewish family
2017.356.1 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 2017.356.1
Date:
use: before 1944 May
… Transylvania, the Hungarian authorities conscripted Jews to work in forced labor battalions and changed laws. Following several German defeats in 1943, Hungary…
12. Red brushed velvet tefillin pouch with a Star of David found in postwar Berlin
1992.169.3_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.3 a
Date:
found: 1945
… Germans announced that Jews had permission to hold High Holiday services. Moshe was suspicious and wanted the family to flee, but his mother-in-law, Alte…
13. Silver kiddush cup with scenes of Lublin entrusted to a Gentile neighbor
2003.41.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.41.1
Date:
creation: approximately 1873
received: 1941
… September 18. Almost immediately, Jews were required to register for forced labor service. A ghetto was set up to contain the Jews in early 1940. In October…
14. Brass Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.32 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.32
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
… was appointed Chancellor in 1933, the persecution of Jews became official government policy. Rabbi Ossowski and members of his family were…
15. Needlepoint matzoh cover with a Hebrew inscription, flowers and leaves
1990.41.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.2 a-b
…Jews--Germany--History--20th century.…
16. 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
… was appointed Chancellor in 1933, the persecution of Jews became official government policy. Rabbi Ossowski and members of his family were…
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
… was appointed Chancellor in 1933, the persecution of Jews became official government policy. Rabbi Ossowski and members of his family were…
18. Embroidered blue tefillin bag carried by a Lithuanian Jewish man in hiding
1990.251.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.251.1.1
Date:
use: approximately 1900-1967
… violent attacks against Jews throughout the country. German mobile units, with Lithuanian auxiliaries, massacred thousands of Jews. Nachman went to see his…
19. Tefillin worn by a Lithuanian Jewish man in hiding
1990.251.1.3 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 1990.251.1.3
Date:
use: approximately 1900-1967
… violent attacks against Jews throughout the country. German mobile units, with Lithuanian auxiliaries, massacred thousands of Jews. Nachman went to see his…
20. Tefillin worn by a Lithuanian Jewish man in hiding
1990.251.1.2 cover on
Object | Accession Number: 1990.251.1.2
Date:
use: approximately 1900-1967
… violent attacks against Jews throughout the country. German mobile units, with Lithuanian auxiliaries, massacred thousands of Jews. Nachman went to see his…