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Isaac Ossowski family collection

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    Overview

    Collection Summary
    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Isaac Ossowski and his family in Germany before the Holocaust.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Rabbi Sol Oster, the son of Isaac Ossowski.
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    Handpainted linen Torah binder made for a German Jewish boy

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.1

    Geography
    creation: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  1919 January
    commemoration:  1919 January-1919 January
    emigration:  1938-1938
    Handpainted linen Torah binder made for a German Jewish boy
    Circular silver 12 tone pocket watch style pitch pipe and case used by a cantor

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.2 a-b

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    emigration:  1938-1938
    Circular silver 12 tone pocket watch style pitch pipe and case used by a cantor
    Der Baalschem von Michelstadt : Kulturgeschichte. Erzahlung [Book]

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.3 a-b

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1921-1922
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    received:  1927-1927
    Der Baalschem von Michelstadt : Kulturgeschichte. Erzahlung [Book]
    Napkin ring with a silver initial S used for Passover seder by a Jewish refugee

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.4

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1939
    Napkin ring with a silver initial S used for Passover seder by a Jewish refugee
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.5

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1801-1802
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    Prayer book
    Book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.6

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1760
    emigration:  1938
    Book
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.7

    Geography
    received: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1939
    Prayer book
    Book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.8 a-c

    Geography
    received: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1939
    1939
    Book
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.9

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1878
    emigration:  1938
    Prayer book
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.10

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1886
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1900-1943
    Prayer book
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.11

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1838
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1900-1943
    Prayer book
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.13

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1900-1943
    emigration:  1938
    Prayer book
    Book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.14

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    Book
    Booklet

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.15 a-f

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1891
    emigration:  1938
    1938
    Booklet
    Book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.16 a-b

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1760
    Book
    Pair of tefillin with blue velvet bag used by a Jewish refugee

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.17 a-c

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    use:  1900-1943
    Pair of tefillin with blue velvet bag used by a Jewish refugee
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.18

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1917 April 30
    emigration:  1938
    Prayer book
    Book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.19

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1827
    emigration:  1939
    Book
    Book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.20

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    Book
    Prayer book

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.21

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1880
    Prayer book
    Portable marble Hanukkah menorah with 4 sections made for a rabbi

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.22 a-d

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  1920
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1920-1938
    Portable marble Hanukkah menorah with 4 sections made for a rabbi
    Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.23

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1910-1943
    emigration:  1938
    Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski
    Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.24

    Geography
    creation: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1910-1943
    emigration:  1938
    Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski
    Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.25

    Geography
    creation: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1910-1938
    emigration:  1938
    Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski
    Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.26

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1910-1938
    emigration:  1938
    Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family
    Circumcision knife with inscription and agate handle with wooden case used by a mohel

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.27 a-b

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    Circumcision knife with inscription and agate handle with wooden case used by a mohel
    Pair of Sabbath candlesticks with wax reservoirs owned by a Jewish refugee

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.28 a-d

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    emigration:  1938
    Pair of Sabbath candlesticks with wax reservoirs owned by a Jewish refugee
    Pocket knife with leather case carried by a Jewish refugee

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.29 a-b

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1910-1938
    emigration:  1938
    Pocket knife with leather case carried by a Jewish refugee
    Circumcision knife with a glass and metal handle with a black wooden case used by a mohel

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.30 a-b

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    Circumcision knife with a glass and metal handle with a black wooden case used by a mohel
    Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll with case given to Sol Oster

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.31 a-b

    Geography
    use: Panevezys (Lithuania)
    publication: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1936-1943
    emigration:  1938
    creation:  1936
    Brass Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet used by a Jewish refugee family

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.32

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1910-1938
    emigration:  1938
    Brass Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet used by a Jewish refugee family
    Ritual slaughter knife with a wooden case used by a shochet

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.33 a-b

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    Ritual slaughter knife with a wooden case used by a shochet
    Electric Ner tamid [Eternal light] with a table mount issued by Yad Vashem

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.34 a-b

    Geography
    use: United States
    Date
    emigration:  1939
    use:  approximately 1961
    Electric Ner tamid [Eternal light] with a table mount issued by Yad Vashem
    Calligraphy of a graveside Kaddish created by a sofer [scribe]

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.35

    Geography
    creation: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  approximately 1930-1933
    emigration:  1938
    Calligraphy of a graveside Kaddish created by a sofer [scribe]
    Mizrach, a sign designating the direction of Jerusalem, with a personal inscription created by a sofer

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.36

    Geography
    creation: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  1928-1929
    emigration:  1938
    Mizrach, a sign designating the direction of Jerusalem, with a personal inscription created by a sofer
    Calligraphy of Sukkot prayers and a personal inscription created by a sofer

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.37

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  1933-1934
    emigration:  1938
    Calligraphy of Sukkot prayers and a personal inscription created by a sofer
    Ritual circumcision set with 2 knives, a case, 2 shields, a suction tube, and scissors used by a mohel

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.38 a-g

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    Ritual circumcision set with 2 knives, a case, 2 shields, a suction tube, and scissors used by a mohel
    Ritual slaughter instrument set: 3 knives, 3 cases, 2 whetstones, a bag, a band, and 4 cloths used by a shochet

    Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.39 a-n

    Geography
    use: Berlin (Germany)
    Date
    emigration:  1938
    use:  approximately 1910-1938
    Ritual slaughter instrument set: 3 knives, 3 cases, 2 whetstones, a bag, a band, and 4 cloths used by a shochet
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