Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Bible (five books of Moses) and prayer book.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Physical Details
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Prayer books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- leather bound volume; contains Rabbinical commentaries; text entirely in Hebrew
- Dimensions
- Height: 9.610 inches (24.409 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm) | Depth: 1.730 inches (4.394 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, leather, graphite pencil, adhesive
- Inscription
- front cover, "This book belongs to Mordechai Rothman, October 29, Native of Auschwitz" [in Hebrew]; inside back cover, "Markus Rothman, Auschwitz, by Kotowice" [in Polish], and "Made in Poland 1930" [in English].
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:32
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