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1. Embroidered pink silk challah cover buried for safekeeping while the owner was in hiding
2010.487.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.487.2
Date:
recovered: approximately 1945 May
… from the Dutch underground, part of the family moved to a different hiding place. Amsterdam was liberated by the Canadian Army on May 5, 1945. Some…
2. Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor
2006.516.5 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.5 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
… worked underground in former mines. Thil used slave labor for underground construction, as well as missile and aircraft manufacture. The advancement of…
3. 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
… worked underground in former mines. Thil used slave labor for underground construction, as well as missile and aircraft manufacture. The advancement of…
4. 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
… assigned to sort the clothing of murdered Jews and found his mother’s dress. Nachman joined the underground and smuggled stolen medicine into the ghetto…
5. 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
… assigned to sort the clothing of murdered Jews and found his mother’s dress. Nachman joined the underground and smuggled stolen medicine into the ghetto…
6. 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
… assigned to sort the clothing of murdered Jews and found his mother’s dress. Nachman joined the underground and smuggled stolen medicine into the ghetto…
7. Hand tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
1995.60.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.60.3
Date:
use: before 1939-1980
…-Litovsk (Brest, Belarus). His friend wanted to go home, so they returned to Warsaw in December. In early 1940, Benjamin joined the underground resistance…
8. Brown tefillin pouch used by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
1995.60.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.60.1
Date:
use: before 1939-1980
…-Litovsk (Brest, Belarus). His friend wanted to go home, so they returned to Warsaw in December. In early 1940, Benjamin joined the underground resistance…
9. 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
…-Litovsk (Brest, Belarus). His friend wanted to go home, so they returned to Warsaw in December. In early 1940, Benjamin joined the underground resistance…
10. Striped silk tallit worn by a Hungarian rabbi
1990.245.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.10
Date:
use: 1952
… moved every few days, aided by members of the underground resistance. In November, a closed Jewish ghetto was created in the area around her father…
11. Crocheted tallit katan saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.14
Date:
use: before 1942
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
12. 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
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
13. 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
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
14. 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
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
15. Tubular silver mezuzah saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.3 open
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.3
Date:
use: before 1942
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
16. Purple striped cloth bag saved with hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.17
Date:
use: before 1942
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
17. Pair of tefillin with an embroidered green velvet bag used by a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.147.2_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.2 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1939 October
… for him. With the aid of a friend with connections to the underground resistance movement, Frank was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden, where he…
18. 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
… moved every few days, aided by members of the underground resistance. In November, a closed Jewish ghetto was created in the area around her father…
19. 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
… for him. With the aid of a friend with connections to the underground resistance movement, Frank was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden, where he…
20. Embroidered brown tefillin bag used by a Jewish Polish man
1993.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.156.1.1
Date:
received: after 1945 May
…. On March 7, Idek was sent to Wien-Hinterbruehl labor camp near Moelding. They made missiles in an underground factory. After two weeks, he was sent on…