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Desecrated section of a Torah scroll used as postal package wrapping

Object | Accession Number: 2010.104.1

Date: use: 1941-1944
Geography: use: Munich (Germany)
Language: Hebrew
German
Classification: Jewish Art and Symbolism
Category: Jewish ceremonial objects
Object Type: Fragments (object portions) (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Simon Hirsch

Physical Description: Irregularly shaped offwhite fragment of parchment. On the front is inscribed German text, a circular ink cancellation stamp, and a blue postage stamp depicting Adolf Hitler in profile. On the reverse are 2 columns of inscribed Hebrew text.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 24.400 inches (61.976 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
Materials: overall : parchment, ink, adhesive
Markings: front, purple ink, stamped : illegible
Inscription: reverse, black ink, : Hebrew text
front, black ink : Feldpost [Field Post]
front, black ink : German text
Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Religious aspects--Germany.
Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
Torah scrolls--Sacrilege--Germany--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Germany--History--20th century.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The desecrated torah scroll frament was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Simon Hirsch.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:25:16
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