Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The prayer book for weekdays, Sabbath and festivals, was given to Guenter Kastan on the occassion of his Bar Mitzvah in Breslau, Germany. It remained in hidding during the Holocaust with his daughter, Hanna.
- Title
- Gebete Der Israeliten
- Date
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publication:
1904
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hannah Kastan Weiss
- Markings
- page adhered inside front cover [book plate] printed, lower right corner "DEM BARMIZWAHKNABEN/[type-written inscription] "Guenther Kastan"/ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN/[type-written inscription] 25. Juni 1927./DER VORSTAND/DER SYNAGOGEN-GEMEINDE ZU BRESLAU"
Physical Details
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Prayer books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Gold ink printed on black hardback; circular design incorporating title and stars of David in center of cover; binding decorated in gold ink and title "Dr. Joel/Gebetbuch/1"
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.620 inches (21.895 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, adhesive, cloth, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Hannah Kastan Weiss.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-12 12:50:59
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Hannah Kastan Weiss papers
Document
The Hannah Kastan Weiss papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and printed materials documenting the Kastan family of Berlin, Germany, including Hannah Kastan; her father Günter, who performed forced labor at the Monowitz concentration camp; and his parents, Harry and Magdalena Kastan, who raised Hannah as their own child and protected her from deportation. Records include wartime and postwar identification papers, ration tickets, letters written from the Monowitz concentration camp, and immigration documents. Biographical materials document the lives of Hannah, Harry, and Magdalena Kastan in Berlin during World War II and following liberation and their immigration to the United States in 1947. Records include identification papers, registrations, permissions, exemptions, travel papers, immigration documents, vaccination records, ration tickets, and a photograph of Hannah just after liberation. Correspondence consists of letters and postcards sent by Günter Kastan from the Monowitz concentration camp (Auschwitz III) to his parents and daughter in Berlin from approximately 1943-1945. The authorized postcards contain brief greetings and reassurances that Günter is well. The clandestine letters relate Günter’s worries for his family and news of friends; request supplies such as food, cigarettes, clothing, soap, and writing paper; describe general conditions, work, and holidays in the camp; and ask about his daughter. Printed materials include a page from a 1947 issue of the newspaper N.Y. Staats-Zeitung und Herold containing an article about Hannah Kastan as well as sheet music and lyrics for the protest song Wir sind die Moorsoldaten.
Book
Object
Post-period publication written by former prisoners of the concentration camp Buchenwald.
