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1. Atarah with a gold metallic thread floral pattern owned by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.5
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…
2. 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
…Chaim Bornstein was born on October 10, 1911, near Krakow, Poland. His family later moved to Druja (Belarus). Nazi Germany invaded Poland on…
3. Black velvet tefillin pouch embroidered BG rescued after Kristallnacht and recovered postwar
2004.576.2 back
Object | Accession Number: 2004.576.2
Date:
use: before 1938 November 09
recovered: after 1945 May
…Bernhard Groeschel was born in Forchheim, Germany, on March 12, 1878, to Phillipp and Adelheid Rosenbaum Groeschel. Bernhard had a brother, Gustav…
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. Black yarmulke used by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.5
Date:
use: after 1938
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
6. Black yarmulke used by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.6
Date:
use: after 1938
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
7. 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
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
8. Blue velvet bimah cover desecrated during Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 2006.496.2
Date:
received: 1945-1947
use: 1938 November 09
…Hannelore (Hanna) Simons was born in Hamm, Germany, in 1928, to Felix, born June 6, 1898, and Johanna Schulhaus Simons, born September 21, 1896. They…
9. 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
…Carl Nathan Victor was born in Gusten, Germany, on May 1, 1879, to Louis and Henrietta Pels Victor. Louis was born in Gusten on December 8, 1832, to…
10. 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
… school. He worked at an Austrian paper export company. On March 12, 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria. Walter and his family had their citizenship…
11. 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…
12. 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
… 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. 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…
14. Brown cloth Torah mantle with a Star of David applique
1990.41.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.20
Date:
recovered: after 1945
…Germany…
15. Burgundy velvet shofar cover with a floral border and tassels saved by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1993.22.2.2
Date:
emigration: 1938
…Hermeskeil (Germany)…
16. Calligraphy of a graveside Kaddish created by a sofer [scribe]
1992.8.35 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.35
Date:
creation: approximately 1930-1933
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Kaddish
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
17. 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
… 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. 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
… September 10, but on September 1, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. When the war began, the Polish government called for all able bodied men to report for…
19. Circumcision knife with a glass and metal handle with a black wooden case used by a mohel
1992.8.30_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.30 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
…Sally (Sol) Ossowski was born on January 1, 1919, in Berlin, Germany, to Frieda Schwartzbardt, born in 1888, and Rabbi Issac Ossowski, born in 1877…
20. Circumcision knife with inscription and agate handle with wooden case used by a mohel
1992.8.27_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.27 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…