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Inscribed Ashkenazic Siddur used by a Jewish Polish family in a displaced persons camp

Publication | Accession Number: 2018.369.2

Hebrew language prayer book used in a DP camp in Ulm, Germany. Part of a collection illustrating the experiences of Malke and Shapse and their son Moses who were from Majdan, Poland and fled east into the Ural Mountains, as well as their time as displaced persons in Ulm, Germany, where their daughter Chana was born.

Alternate Title
Seder Ha'Avoda
The Prayer Service for the Entire Year
Date
publication:  1946
Geography
publication: New York (N.Y.)
Language
Hebrew
German
English
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Category
Books and pamphlets
Object Type
Judaism--Prayer books (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anna Moscovitch

About This Publication

Physical Description
Book; 368 p. ; 14.5cm
Textured, black cloth binding over cardboard covers with gray and gold painted Hebrew lettering on the front within an inset rectangle. On the worn spine, there is gold and gray painted Hebrew lettering above and below impressed embellishments painted with the same colors. The Hebrew text on the title page is printed within a decorative border depicting a lion, tiger, large bird, and buck arranged around a stone archway with a book at the top and plants along the bottom. Inscribed on the pastedowns and flyleaves are German and English language stamps and the original owner’s handwritten name in English and Hebrew characters.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 5.625 inches (14.287 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink, cardboard, cloth, paint
Markings
front cover, pressed, gray paint : Hebrew characters [The Prayer Service for the Entire Year]
top of spine, pressed, gray paint : Hebrew characters [Siddur]
bottom of spine, pressed, gold paint : Hebrew characters [Ashkenaz]
Inscription
interior, front pastedown, stamped, red ink : ISRAELITIS(CHES?) / RELIGIOSES AMT / ULM/DONAU / DONAU – BASTION [ISRAELITE RELIGIOUS OFFICE ULM DANUBE DANUBE – BASTION]
interior, front pastedown, handwritten cursive, blue ink : Blifeld Szapse
interior, front flyleaf, stamped within a circle, red ink : Israelitisches reli (?) (Amt?) Ulm • Donau-Bastion * / Religions / Office / ULM / Donau-Bastion [Israelite (Religious Office ?)]
interior, front flyleaf, handwritten cursive, blue ink : Hebrew characters
interior, back pastedown, stamped, red ink : (ISRAELITISCHES?) / (RELIGIOSES AMT?) / ULM/DONAU / DONAU – BASTION [ISRAELITE RELIGIOUS OFFICE ULM/DANUBE DANUBE – BASTION]
interior, back flyleaf, front, stamped, red ink : ISRAELITISCHES / RELIGIOSES AMT / ULM/DONAU / DONAU – BASTION [ISRAELITE RELIGIOUS OFFICE ULM DANUBE DANUBE – BASTION]
interior, back flyleaf, front, handwritten cursive, black ink : illegible
interior, back flyleaf, back, stamped, red ink : ISRAELITISCHES / RELIGIOSES AMT / ULM/DONAU / DONAU – BASTION [ISRAELITE RELIGIOUS OFFICE ULM DANUBE DANUBE – BASTION]
interior, second back flyleaf, front, stamped within a circle, red ink : Israelitisches reli(?) (Amt?) Ulm • Donau Bastion * / Religions / Office / ULM / Donau-Bastion [Israelite (Religions Office?)]

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The Siddur was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Anna Moscovitch, the daughter of Malka and Shapse Bilfeld.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:28:40
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