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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
2. Desecrated, broken tombstone with carved bookshelf from Turek Jewish cemetery
Object | Accession Number: 1990.292.7
Date:
creation: approximately 1850-1899
recovered: 1989
use: after 1939 September
3. Desecrated, broken tombstone with carved hands symbol from Turek Jewish cemetery
Object | Accession Number: 1990.292.3
Date:
creation: approximately 1850-1899
recovered: 1989
use: after 1939 September
4. Tallit owned by a German Jewish man
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.3
Date:
emigration: after 1937-1939 May
5. 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
6. Embroidered yarmulke brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.2
Date:
use: 1901-1946
7. White kittel used by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi on High Holidays
1990.245.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.14 a-b
Date:
use: 1922-1952
8. Metallic silver pinwheel tallit decoration brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.24
Date:
emigration: 1939
creation: 1939
9. 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
10. Pair of small tefillin brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.5 a-b
Date:
use: 1901-1946
11. Metallic bronze tallit decoration of entwined squares brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.21 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.21
Date:
emigration: 1939
creation: 1939
12. Blue striped tallit with embroidered Hebrew text used by a Czech Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.4
Date:
emigration: 1939 October
13. Head tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
1995.60.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.60.2
Date:
use: before 1939-1980
14. Blue velvet tallit pouch with an embroidered monogram owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.17
Date:
use: approximately 1939
15. 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
16. Electric Ner tamid [Eternal light] with a table mount issued by Yad Vashem
1992.8.34_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.34 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1939
use: approximately 1961
17. 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
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
19. Metallic bronze tallit decoration of entwined squares brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.22 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.22
Date:
emigration: 1939
creation: 1939
20. Partially written Torah scroll carried by the Schulz family
Object | Accession Number: 2022.184.2
Date:
use: 1939