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61. 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
…, he served in the United States Army, leaving service as a corporal. Richard married Ruth Liebermensch in 1944. They met in the United States, although…
62. Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a German Jewish man
2016.538.2 a-c front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.2 a-d
Date:
emigration: after 1937-1939 May
… down. Isidor was arrested by the SS and imprisoned in Mitgeten. A relative living in the United States sent him an affidavit, which Hedwig took along…
63. White silk tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.4
Date:
received: approximately 1927
…, he served in the United States Army, leaving service as a corporal. Richard married Ruth Liebermensch in 1944. They met in the United States, although…
64. White wool tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.3
Date:
received: approximately 1927
…, he served in the United States Army, leaving service as a corporal. Richard married Ruth Liebermensch in 1944. They met in the United States, although…
65. Tallit owned by a German Jewish man
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.3
Date:
emigration: after 1937-1939 May
… down. Isidor was arrested by the SS and imprisoned in Mitgeten. A relative living in the United States sent him an affidavit, which Hedwig took along…
66. Tombstone fragment recovered from a destroyed Jewish cemetery by a Holocaust survivor
Object | Accession Number: 1993.3.1
Date:
undated: 
recovered: 1992 May 27
… affidavit of support for a US visa. Ungar emigrated to the United States on the SS Marine Flasher, the first refugee boat to leave for America postwar. He…
67. Set of tefillin owned by a Hungarian Jewish concentration camp survivor
2004.611.2 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.611.2 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1949
… displaced persons camp. In spring 1949, Adolf and Rose emigrated to the United States. Adolf Americanized his name to Andrew. Rose, age 72, passed away in…
68. Embroidered purple tallit bag used by two Hungarian rabbis
1990.245.6_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.6 a
Date:
received: 1923 December 06
use: 1923 December 06-1952 March 29
… apartment. In 1939, Simon traveled to the United States, and was given an honorary doctorate by the Jewish Theological Society of America. His son, Jenő…
69. Striped tallit worn by two Hungarian rabbis
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.6 b
Date:
received: 1923 December 06
use: 1923 December 06-1952 March 29
… apartment. In 1939, Simon traveled to the United States, and was given an honorary doctorate by the Jewish Theological Society of America. His son, Jenő…
70. Ritual circumcision set with 2 knives, a case, 2 shields, a suction tube, and scissors used by a mohel
1992.8.38_a-c e-g front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.38 a-g
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
… Ossowski, with his wife and daughter, escaped Nazi Germany for the United States. They joined their sons, Joseph and Leo, who had settled in the United…
71. Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a Polish Jewish immigrant
2016.280.1_a-f 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2016.280.1 a-f
Date:
use: before 1983
… and violent pogroms. There, they worked as peddlers until they saved enough money to immigrate to the United States. Max wrote to his family to implore…
72. Set of tefillin kept by a Polish Jewish man through the war
Object | Accession Number: 2014.197.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1941-1945
… United States. They illegally crossed the border into Germany, then went to Berlin. In February 1946, the couple arrived in Schlachtensee displaced persons…
73. 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
… was a diplomat, changed his name to Eugene and immigrated to the United States with his wife and young son. During the 1930s, both Ferenc and Simon…
74. Tefillin pair and embroidered pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.2._a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.2 a-c
Date:
received: approximately 1927
…, he served in the United States Army, leaving service as a corporal. Richard married Ruth Liebermensch in 1944. They met in the United States, although…
75. Set of tefillin found postwar by a young Polish Jewish survivor
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.3 b-c
Date:
found: 1945
… the mid-1950s. He came to Israel and became a farmer. Yaffa and David emigrated to the United States. The couple has two children. Yaffa received a…
76. Ritual slaughter instrument set with multiple tools used by a shochet
1992.8.39_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.39 a-n
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
… Ossowski, with his wife and daughter, escaped Nazi Germany for the United States. They joined their sons, Joseph and Leo, who had settled in the United…
77. 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
… the mid-1950s. He came to Israel and became a farmer. Yaffa and David emigrated to the United States. The couple has two children. Yaffa received a…
78. 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
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leopold Schein…
79. Silk matzah holder with a handpainted fruit and floral design for Passover created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp
2012.443.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.443.2
Date:
creation: 1948
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leopold Schein…
80. 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
… the United States. Israel and Rivka were ashamed that Mordecai would leave and asked him to stay, so he did. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded…