Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Torah scroll fragments from the Kluckygasse Synagogue in the 20th disctrict of Vienna, Austria, desecrated on Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. The Torah scroll may have been taken from the orthodox shul. The Torah was torn into four pices and left on the street. It was picked up by a non-Jewish civilian, who stored it in his attic until giving it to the Archive of the Austrian Resistance.
- Date
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found:
1938 November 09-1938 November 10
- Geography
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use:
Vienna (Austria)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Torah scrolls (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Torah scroll torn into four pieces a-.d. There are Hebrew characters in black ink on parchment. The panels of parchment are sewn together.
- Dimensions
- a: Height: 27.500 inches (69.85 cm) | Width: 52.500 inches (133.35 cm)
b: Height: 27.625 inches (70.168 cm) | Width: 52.250 inches (132.715 cm)
c: Height: 27.250 inches (69.215 cm) | Width: 59.375 inches (150.813 cm)
d: Height: 27.625 inches (70.168 cm) | Width: 27.875 inches (70.803 cm) - Materials
- overall : parchment, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by the Dokumentationsarchiv des Osterreichischen Widerstandes.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-14 12:54:48
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11285
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