Jewish prayer book

Publication | Accession Number: 1996.19.3

Title: Siddur
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rudolf Abraham and family

Physical Description: Gebetbuch ,worn ; ; 7.000 x 4.750 x 1.125, repair
Topical Term: Judaism--Liturgy--Texts.
Siddurim--Texts.
Judaism--Prayers and devotions.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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Rudolf Abraham papers

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The Rudolf Abraham papers contain correspondence and other items related to Rudolf Abraham. A Jewish man from Germany, he was arrested and taken to Sachsenhausen before being freed and fleeing to Shanghai, where he eventually procured a visa to travel to the United States. Included in the collection are primarily correspondence from family and friends, as well as identification papers including a passport, identity cards, and citizenship certificate.

Postage stamp

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Stamp booklet with cancelled Republic of China postage stamps

Object

Booklet filled with 216 cancelled Republic of China postage stamps that belonged to Rudolf Abraham. After the Nazi regime took power in Germany in 1933, laws were passed to persecute the Jewish population. The family butcher shop struggled when Jewish businesses were boycotted and Jews were forbidden from practicing certain trades. Rudolf was arrested during Kristallnacht in November 1938. His family got him released in December, but he had to leave the country. Rudolf left for Shanghai, China, and in August 1940, he reached the United States.