Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Oil Hanukiah used in Paris after the war by the Rath family who survived in Poland under assumed identities.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Isabelle Roth
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
-
Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
-
Menorah (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
- Materials
- overall : bronze
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The hanukiyah was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Isabelle Roth.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-30 10:35:50
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn543065
Download & Licensing
In-Person Research
- By Appointment
- Request 21 Days in Advance of Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
- Request to See This Object
Contact Us
Also in Henrik Roth family collection
The collection consists of a hanukiyah, pocket watch and stand, two copyprints, and three prayerbooks relating to the experiences of Henrik, Celina, and George (b. 1941) Rath (later Roth), during the Holocaust which they survived by living under assumed identities in Poland and after the war when they lived in Paris, France, from 1947-1951.
Date: approximately 1939-approximately 1951
Pocket watch with stand used by a Polish Jewish man while living in hiding
Object
Pocket watch with stand used by Henrik Rath throughout the war when he and his family lived in Poland under assumed identities.
Jewish prayerbook belonging to a family living in hiding in Poland
Object
Part of three prayerbooks, two in Poland with Henrik Rath during WWII and one probably given to Henrik in Paris while he and his wife Celina and children lived between 1947-1951. Henrik and Celina were in Poland and Hungary on false IDs during the war.
Prayerbook belonging to a Jewish refugee hiding in Poland
Object
Part of three prayerbooks, two in Poland with Henrik Rath during WWII and one probably given to Henrik in Paris while he and his wife Celina and children lived between 1947-1951. Henrik and Celina were in Poland and Hungary on false IDs during the war.
Prayerbook belonging to a Jewish refugee hiding in Poland
Object
Part of three prayerbooks, two in Poland with Henrik Rath during WWII and one probably given to Henrik in Paris while he and his wife Celina and children lived between 1947-1951. Henrik and Celina were in Poland and Hungary on false IDs during the war.
