Tallit bag
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Created by Wolf Fischelberg while in the Bochnia Ghetto, Poland. Made in a factory where German army uniforms were produced in the Bochnia Ghetto, Poland. The thread used in the bag is the same thread used for sewing German uniforms. The bag was recovered by the maker, Wolf Fischelberg, after the war.
- Date
-
creation:
1942
- Geography
-
creation:
Bochnia ghetto;
Bochnia (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leo Fischelberg
- Contributor
-
Artisan:
Wolf Fischelberg
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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Tallith bags (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tallit bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Leo Fischelberg.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-11-02 15:13:29
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4418
