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Damaged Torah scroll from a synagogue in Marburg desecrated during Kristallnacht

Object | Accession Number: 1991.131.1 a-c

Desecrated Torah scroll from a synagogue in Marburg, Germany, that was vandalized during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. The scroll was given to Joseph Tauber in the late 1960s for safekeeping by an unnamed German woman who told him that the scroll was desecrated during the Night of Broken Glass or Kristallnacht. It had been given to her to preserve by the person who took it from the synagogue in order to protect it.

Date
found:  1938 November 09-1938 November 10
Geography
found: Marburg (Germany)
Language
Hebrew
Classification
Jewish Art and Symbolism
Category
Jewish ceremonial objects
Object Type
Torah scrolls (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph and Helena Tauber

About This Object

Physical Description
b. fragment in the roughly in the shape of a triangle
Dimensions
overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
Materials
overall : parchment, ink

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The desecrated Torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Joseph and Helena Tauber.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:22:16
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