Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of religious articles, document cases, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Nast before and after his immigration to the United States from Hamburg, Germany, in 1934 and of publications relating to the experiences of Arthur Cohn, who emigrated with his family from Breslau, Germany, to the United States.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Irma Cohn Clemens, the daughter of Arthur Cohn and the great-niece of Leo Nast.
Browse 33 Items In This Collection
Mezuzah with an embossed rising sun used by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.2
Painted mezuzah used by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.3
Tefillin set with a dark red velvet pouch used by a prewar German Jewish emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.4 a-c
creation: 1899
Atarah with a gold metallic thread floral pattern owned by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.5
Striped tallit katan worn by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.6 a-b
Striped tallit and red velvet pouch used by a prewar German Jewish emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.7 a-b
Certificate of Citizenship document case belonging to German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.8
Black Certificate of Citizenship document case belonging to German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.9
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.10
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.11
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.12
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.13
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.18
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.19 a-b
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.20 a-b
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.21 a-b
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.22
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.24
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.25
Die Gebete der Israeliten vollständig für alle Tage des Jahres [Prayer book]
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.26
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.27
Book of prayers in Hebrew and German brought with a German Jiewsh refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.28
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.29
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.30
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.31
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.32
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.455.33
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