Megillah saved from the synagogue in Zulz after it was closed by the Nazis
- Title
- Megillah
- Date
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1938 November 09-1938 November 10
(use)
- Geography
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use :
Zulz (Germany) historic;
Biala (Wojewodztwo Opolskie, Poland)
- Language
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Hebrew
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald H. Harter
Megillah damaged and taken from the synagogue in Zulz, Germany (now Biala (Wojewodztwo Opolskie, Poland), which was vandalized and burned during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. This handwritten scroll is a megilat containing the biblical Book of Esther which is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim. Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) refers to a two day pogrom during which violent mobs, spurred on by antisemitic Nazi officials, destroyed hundreds of synagogues and burned and desecrated the religious objects they contained.
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Record last modified: 2017-09-12 12:39:27
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Also in Donald H. Harter collection
The collection consists of a megillah and a print relating to the experiences of Harry and Lenore Hirschberg and their children who left Nazi Germany for the United States in 1938.
Date: 1938
Print of the Zulz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees
Object
Print of the synagogue in Zulz, Germany (now Biala, Poland), which was vandalized and burned during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) refers to a two day pogrom during which violent mobs, spurred on by antisemitic Nazi officials, destroyed hundreds of synagogues and burned and desecrated the religious objects they contained.
