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1. Kippah buried for safekeeping while the owner lived in hiding
2007.471.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.1
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
2. Desecrated, broken tombstone with carved candelabra from Turek Jewish cemetery
Object | Accession Number: 1990.292.5
Date:
creation: approximately 1850-1899
recovered: 1989
use: after 1939 September
3. Tubular silver mezuzah saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.3 open
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.3
Date:
use: before 1942
4. Tallit carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2015.365.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.365.9
5. Tallit with dark blue stripes on each end buried for safekeeping
2007.471.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.4
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
6. Black and white striped wool tallit katan found postwar by a Polish Jewish man
2003.163.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.163.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945 May
7. Hammered silver kiddush cup with floral engravings
1992.123.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.123.8
8. Tallit
Object | Accession Number: 2017.625.2
9. Striped silk tallit worn by a Hungarian rabbi
1990.245.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.10
Date:
use: 1952
10. Tallit
1990.209.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.209.4
Date:
received: approximately 1939
11. Tefillin and green velvet pouch used by a Polish Jewish survivor
2006.285.4_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.285.4 a-c
Date:
use: 1939-1945
12. Tefillin with pouch
Object | Accession Number: 2019.433.4 a-c
13. Tower style tombstone broken in half from a desecrated Jewish cemetery recovered postwar
Object | Accession Number: 2005.609.3 a-b
Date:
creation: approximately 1715-before 1864
14. Single head tefillin
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.4
Date:
emigration: 1940
15. Green velvet Torah mantle with 10 Commandments found by a US soldier
1989.291.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.291.1
Date:
creation: 1905
found: approximately 1944 November-approximately 1945 January
16. Embroidered pouch for tefillin brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.3
Date:
use: 1901-1946
17. 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
18. Green velvet monogrammed tallit pouch buried for safekeeping while owner in hiding
2007.471.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.3
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
19. Metal grave marker of a Jewish woman who was killed in Djakovo labor camp
Object | Accession Number: 2012.319.2
Date:
creation: after 1945
20. Tefillin with velvet pouch
2017.625.3 a-c 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2017.625.3 a-c
21. Monogrammed tallit pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.1
Date:
received: approximately 1927
22. Pair of tefillin with blue velvet bag used by a Jewish refugee
1992.8.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.17 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: 1900-1943
23. Tefillin set with pouch that was owned by Ina and Maurice Teich
Object | Accession Number: 2019.613.2 a-c
Date:
use: approximately 1939-approximately 1945
24. Tallit received by a Jewish man in the American zone in postwar Munich
1990.142.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.142.1
Date:
received: 1946 July
received: 1946
25. Challah cover with a handpainted crest of lions with a crown with a Star of David created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp
2012.443.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.443.4
Date:
creation: 1948
26. Metal grave marker of a Jewish woman who was killed in Djakovo labor camp
Object | Accession Number: 2012.319.1
Date:
creation: after 1945
27. Striped silk tallit, green velvet bag and white liner used by a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.147.1_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.1 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1939 October
28. Blue striped tallit with an embroidered neckband owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.16 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.16
Date:
received: after 1948
29. Recovered fragment of a desecrated tombstone honoring a Greek Jewish mother and infant
Object | Accession Number: 2011.109.1
Date:
commemoration: 1942 November 04
use: 1942 December
30. Torah-style scroll and case signed by residents of Schlachtensee DP camp
2003.116.2 a closed
Object | Accession Number: 2003.116.2 a-b
Date:
received: 1946
31. Tallit katan
2000.502.196 front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.502.196
32. Burgundy velvet tefillin pouch saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.11
Date:
use: before 1942
33. Medallion with Moses and the S'hma prayer found by a young Jewish woman on a camp transport
2009.359.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.359.3
Date:
found: 1943-1945
34. Dark red velvet square tefillin pouch saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.12
Date:
use: before 1942
35. 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
36. Candelabra used during Shabbat by Mina Drukman Deac's family
Object | Accession Number: 2018.673.1
Date:
use: after 1941 October
37. Large white wool tallit with blue stripes well-used by a Polish Jewish elder
Object | Accession Number: 2004.406.2
Date:
use: 1902-1964 November 10
38. Calligraphy of Sukkot prayers and a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.37 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.37
Date:
creation: 1933-1934
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Welcoming Sukkot
39. Blue velvet tefillin pouch found in a shallow grave by a Jewish American soldier
1988.118.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.118.1 a
Date:
found: after 1945 April 22-before 1945 May
40. Metallic pink and yellow tallit atarah brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.25 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.25
Date:
emigration: 1939
creation: 1939
41. 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
42. Metal mezuzah found postwar and used by a Polish Jewish survivor
Object | Accession Number: 1993.11.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945 January
use: 1945-approximately 1980
43. Tefillin pair with pouch brought with a German refugee
2014.545.2 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.545.2 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1938
44. 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
45. Metal grave marker of a Jewish woman who was killed in Djakovo labor camp
Object | Accession Number: 2012.319.3
Date:
creation: after 1945
46. Torah scroll torn into four pieces from a desecrated synagogue
Object | Accession Number: 1996.1.1 a-d
Date:
found: 1938 November 09-1938 November 10
47. Grave marker from the Łódź ghetto
2008.88.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.88.1
Date:
commemoration: 1940 August 04
48. Tsiyon [Zion] shaped stone Shabbat candleholder and base carved in a Cyprus detention camp
2006.478.1_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.478.1 a-b
Date:
creation: 1948
49. Floral silk brocade tallit pouch saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.6
Date:
use: before 1942
50. Torah fragment from the Pforzheim synagogue
Object | Accession Number: 2012.494.1