Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Torah-style scroll with blue velvet cover bearing the signatures of several residents of Schlachtensee DP camp in post war Germany. The scroll was dedicated to Harold Fishbein and dated 1946, in honor of Fishbein’s 25th wedding anniversary.
- Date
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received:
1946
- Geography
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creation:
Schlachtensee (Displaced persons camp);
Schlachtensee (Berlin, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz
- Contributor
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Subject:
Harold Fishbein
- Biography
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Harold Fishbein was the Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's Displaced Persons camp, Schlachtensee, from 1945 to 1948.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Scrolls (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Rolled paper scroll with Hebrew and Yiddish calligraphy in black ink.
b. Blue velvet cover with a white-muslin Star of David sewn onto the exterior. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
b: Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) - Materials
- a : paper, wood, ink
b : velvet, cloth, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish refugees--Germany.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz in 2003.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-30 12:29:11
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The collection consists of a Torah-style scroll, correspondence, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Harold Fishbein, Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's (UNNRA) Schlachtensee displaced persons camp near Berlin, Germany, after the war.
Date: 1941-1949
Harold Fishbein collection
Document
The collection documents the post-war experiences of Harold Fishbein, Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s Schlachtensee DP camp (Düppel Center) near Berlin. Included is personal correspondence, a draft copy for a book he was writing about the DP camp, speech outlines and miscellaneous documents, and over 400 photographs depicting Fishbein, Schlachtensee DP camp, and displaced persons.
