Passover prayer book hidden in Amsterdam during the war
- Title
- Gebetbuch für das Pekachfelt
- Date
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1914
(publication/distribution)
- Geography
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publication :
Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tom Schaumberg
Prayerbook for Pesach originally owned by Elsa Stern, and later acquired by the Schaumberg family in Kircheim, Germany. A complete set has 1-9 volume; this set is missing 4,5, and 6. It is not known if there was a relationship between Elsa Stern and the Schaumbergs is not known. The books were then sent to Tom Schaumberg's parents in Amsterdam, Netherlands, around 1936. The books were hidden in attic of the Schaumberg home in 1943. They were recovered by the family after the war ended in May 1945 and brought with them to the United States.
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Documents, photographs, artifacts and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Ernst Schaumberg born 1906 in Kircheim, Germany, his wife Gertrude “Pollo” Schaumberg, [neé Leda] born 1911 in Oldenburg, Germany and their son, Tom, born 1938 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1943, family was deported to Westerbork transit camp in Netherlands and then in February 1944, to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. From there, in April 1945, they were transported towards the east, and, almost two weeks in to the journey, were liberated in Troebitz, Germany. Includes a photograph album.
Passover prayer book hidden in Amsterdam during the war
Publication
Prayerbook for Pesach originally owned by Elsa Stern, and later acquired by the Schaumberg family in Kircheim, Germany. A complete set has 1-9 volume; this set is missing 4,5, and 6. It is not known if there was a relationship between Elsa Stern and the Schaumbergs is not known. The books were then sent to Tom Schaumberg's parents in Amsterdam, Netherlands, around 1936. The books were hidden in attic of the Schaumberg home in 1943. They were recovered by the family after the war ended in May 1945 and brought with them to the United States.
Rosh ha-Shanah prayer book hidden in Amsterdam during the war
Publication
Prayerbook for the New Year celebration originally owned by Elsa Stern, and later acquired by the Schaumberg family in Kircheim, Germany. A complete set has 1-9 volume; this set is missing 4,5, and 6. It is not known if there was a relationship between Elsa Stern and the Schaumbergs is not known. The books were then sent to Tom Schaumberg's parents in Amsterdam, Netherlands, around 1936. The books were hidden in attic of the Schaumberg home in 1943. They were recovered by the family after the war ended in May 1945 and brought with them to the United States.
Tom Schaumberg collection
Document
Documents, photographs and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Ernst Schaumberg born 1906 in Kircheim, Germany, his wife Gertrude “Pollo” Schaumberg, [neé Leda] born 1911 in Oldenburg, Germany and their son, Tom, born 1938 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1943, family was deported to Westerbork transit camp in Netherlands and then in February 1944, to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. From there, in April 1945, they were transported towards the east, and, almost two weeks in to the journey, were liberated in Troebitz, Germany.
