Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Tefillin and embroidered tefillin pouch belonging to Jacob Schatz prior to the Holocaust. The Teffilin was given to Henry Schatz by his father Jacob and kept through interment at Ferramonti.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jack Schatz
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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Tefillin (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a, b: tefillin
c: pouch - Dimensions
- a: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
b: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
c: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 6.130 inches (15.57 cm)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tefillin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Jack Schatz.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-01 11:05:48
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Also in Schatz and Bonder families collection
The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and documents pertaining to the Schatz and Bonder families previously of Berlin and Warsaw. Both families survived the Holocaust in Italy and were united through the marriage of Henry Schatz and Rischa Bonder when the couple were married in the United States. The collection also includes teffilin and embroidered teffilin bag belonging to Jacob Schatz prior to the Holocaust. The teffilin was given to Henry Schatz by his father Jacob and kept through interment at Ferramonti.
Date: 1906-1970 September
Schatz and Bonder families papers
Document
The papers include biographical material, immigration document, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Henry and Rischa (née Bonder) Schatz and their respective families. Both families survived the Holocaust in Italy and were united through Henry and Rischa’s marriage in the United States. Biographical material consists of Henry Schatz’s identification cards from the Ferramonti internment camp and the UNRRA, and his wife Rischa’s Italian passport and a typed testimonial document from an Italian soldier regarding a German soldier shooting Rischa in 1943. Immigration papers include Henry’s affidavits and his receipt from SS Saturnia, and Rischa’s paperwork and a menu from the SS Andrea Doria. Correspondence primarily consists of wartime and post-war letters sent by Charlotte, Elly, Fred, Harry, Jacob, and Max Schatz. The letters are mostly exchanged between family members and some include donor-provided English translations. Photographs include pre-war, wartime, and post-war depictions of the Schatz and Bonder families. Included are depictions of Cibi, a woman who helped Henry and Harry in Italy; Ferramonti; Rischa’s daughter Ketty Kac; and the 1941 wedding of Rischa’s mother Mariem’s niece Tauba Brukier’s wedding in Biala Podlaska.
