Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Section of a desecrated Torah scroll used to wrap a parcel and addressed in multiple locations to the Schmid family in Munich, Germany. It was posted between 1941-1944.
- Date
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use:
1941-1944
- Geography
-
use:
Munich (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Simon Hirsch
- Markings
- front, purple ink, stamped : illegible
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Fragments (object portions) (aat)
- 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
- Inscription
- reverse, black ink, : Hebrew text
front, black ink : Feldpost [Field Post]
front, black ink : German text
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-15 10:15:06
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39314
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