Overview
- Title
- The Jews in Poland
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joachim Hahn
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
-
Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
-
Books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- 19 cm.
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Poland--History.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--Ethnic relations.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Joachim Hahn.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:44:44
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2566
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The collection consists of a Torah scroll and publications relating to the cultural history of Jews in Nazi Germany.
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