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1. Black yarmulke used by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.6
Date:
use: after 1938
… chemist and owner of a food dye and preservatives factory. Elsa worked with the business. In 1924, the family moved to Berlin. The family was well off and…
2. Black yarmulke used by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.5
Date:
use: after 1938
… chemist and owner of a food dye and preservatives factory. Elsa worked with the business. In 1924, the family moved to Berlin. The family was well off and…
3. 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
…Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family…
4. 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
… 1924, the family moved to Berlin. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, anti-Jewish legislation and restrictions became increasingly harsh. In…
5. Metallic bronze tallit decoration of entwined squares brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.23 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.23
Date:
emigration: 1939
creation: 1939
…. They had one daughter, Hanna, born in 1930. Ella opened a primary school with Hanna's nanny in the 1930s. Most of the Lieberman family immigrated to…
6. 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
…. They had one daughter, Hanna, born in 1930. Ella opened a primary school with Hanna's nanny in the 1930s. Most of the Lieberman family immigrated to…
7. 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
…Brass Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet used by a Jewish refugee family…
8. 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
…. They had one daughter, Hanna, born in 1930. Ella opened a primary school with Hanna's nanny in the 1930s. Most of the Lieberman family immigrated to…
9. 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
…Isaac Ossowski was born in 1877 in Lubraniez, near Warsaw, Poland, to an extremely devout family and Hasidim, with a long tradition of religious…
10. Pair of Sabbath candlesticks with wax reservoirs owned by a Jewish refugee
1992.8.28 a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.28 a-d
Date:
use: approximately 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
… [scribe], and cantor. The family attended the Alte Schul synagogue where Sol sang in the choir. He attended the Jewish Community School for Boys until he…
11. Metallic yellow and silver tallit atarah brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.26
Date:
emigration: 1939
creation: 1939
…. They had one daughter, Hanna, born in 1930. Ella opened a primary school with Hanna's nanny in the 1930s. Most of the Lieberman family immigrated to…
12. White satin yarmulke owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.10
Date:
use: after 1938
… chemist and owner of a food dye and preservatives factory. Elsa worked with the business. In 1924, the family moved to Berlin. The family was well off and…
13. 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
… chemist and owner of a food dye and preservatives factory. Elsa worked with the business. In 1924, the family moved to Berlin. The family was well off and…
14. White satin yarmulke with a button owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.11
Date:
use: after 1938
… chemist and owner of a food dye and preservatives factory. Elsa worked with the business. In 1924, the family moved to Berlin. The family was well off and…
15. 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
…. They had one daughter, Hanna, born in 1930. Ella opened a primary school with Hanna's nanny in the 1930s. Most of the Lieberman family immigrated to…
16. 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
…. They had one daughter, Hanna, born in 1930. Ella opened a primary school with Hanna's nanny in the 1930s. Most of the Lieberman family immigrated to…
17. Ritual slaughter knife with a wooden case used by a shochet
1992.8.33_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.33 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
…Isaac Ossowski was born in 1877 in Lubraniez, near Warsaw, Poland, to an extremely devout family and Hasidim, with a long tradition of religious…
18. Mizrach, a sign designating the direction of Jerusalem, with a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.36 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.36
Date:
creation: 1928-1929
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Mizrach for my Wife
…Isaac Ossowski was born in 1877 in Lubraniez, near Warsaw, Poland, to an extremely devout family and Hasidim, with a long tradition of religious…
19. 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
…Isaac Ossowski was born in 1877 in Lubraniez, near Warsaw, Poland, to an extremely devout family and Hasidim, with a long tradition of religious…
20. Grave marker from the Łódź ghetto
2008.88.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.88.1
Date:
commemoration: 1940 August 04
… to go out of their apartment. In March 1940, Chaim’s family was moved by the Germans to the Łódź ghetto. Chaim was eleven years old. At first, he felt…