Desecrated Torah scroll fragment found in Poland

Object | Accession Number: 1992.1.24

Geography: found: Bransk (Poland)
Language: Hebrew
Classification: Jewish Art and Symbolism
Category: Jewish ceremonial objects
Object Type: Torah scrolls (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jack and Sonia Rubin. In memory of our parents, Issac and Bella Weinstein and David Hersh and Pearl Rubin who perished in the hands of the Nazis.

Physical Description: Segment of a desecrated torah.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Religious aspects--Poland--Bransk.
Torah scrolls--Desecration--Poland--Bransk--History--20th century.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Jack and Sonia Rubin.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:21:44
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Also in Jack and Sonia Rubin collection

Consists primarily of 24 photographs. Many have inscriptions in Yiddish, and include many pre-war images of Jack Rubin's family from Bransk, Poland. The donor, Jack Rubin, immigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of his Uncle, Arthur J. Sussel.; Mr. Sussel appears in some photographs while visiting relatives in Bransk before the war. The collection also includes Torah scroll fragments.