Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Book recovered from a burned synagogue, in Dubiecko, Poland, in September 1939, by Wladislaw and Jozefa Misniakewicz. They kept it in their home from 1939-1997, when they gave it to Norman Bertram.
- Title
- Bereshit
- Alternate Title
- Genesis
- Date
-
publication:
1928
recovered: 1939 September
- Geography
-
publication:
Vilnius (Lithuania)
recovery: Dubiecko (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Norman Bertram
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
-
Books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Contains text and commentary on the book of Bereshit [Genesis], the first book of the Torah.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Norman Bertram.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:37
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12704
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Date: 1900-1928
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Book recovered from a burned synagogue, in Dubiecko, Poland, in September 1939, by Wladislaw and Jozefa Misniakewicz. They kept it in their home from 1939-1997, when they gave it to Norman Bertram.
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Book recoverd from a burned synagugue in Dubiecko, Poland
Object
Book recovered from a burned synagogue, in Dubiecko, Poland, in September 1939, by Wladislaw and Jozefa Misniakewicz. They kept it in their home from 1939-1997, when they gave it to Norman Bertram.
Book recoverd from a burned synagugue in Dubiecko, Poland
Object
Book recovered from a burned synagogue, in Dubiecko, Poland, in September 1939, by Wladislaw and Jozefa Misniakewicz. They kept it in their home from 1939-1997, when they gave it to Norman Bertram.
Book recoverd from a burned synagugue in Dubiecko, Poland
Object
Book recovered from a burned synagogue, in Dubiecko, Poland, in September 1939, by Wladislaw and Jozefa Misniakewicz. They kept it in their home from 1939-1997, when they gave it to Norman Bertram.
