Klaf found on a street in Vilna after liberation

Object | Accession Number: 1996.153.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Klaf found by Eugenia Kwartac Hirschkorn on a street in Vilna, Poland, after the city was liberated in July 1944. A klaf is a kosher piece of parchment that is used for Torah scrolls or inserted into a mezuzah. Based on the small size of this piece, and the writing on the klaf, it is likely from a mezuzah.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Debbie Hirschkorn. In loving memory of Eugenia Kwartac Hirschkorn, Deptember 8, 1925-June 9, 1990.

Language: Hebrew
Classification: Jewish Art and Symbolism
Category: Jewish ceremonial objects
Object Type: Parchment (lcsh)
Physical Description: Square piece of brown parchment with Hebrew inscription, black ink, and with red stain.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm) | Width: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm)
Materials: overall : parchment

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The parchment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Dina Hirschkorn, Bernice Hirschkorn-DeCarlo, and Debbie Hirschkorn, the daughters of Eugenia Kwartac Hirschkorn.