Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Torah Curtain for torah ark found hidden after WWII by survivors of the Holocaust in Lviv.
- Date
-
creation:
1938
- Geography
-
creation:
Lviv (Ukraine)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kallia Bokser
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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Torah ark curtains (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Blue velour border along sides and bottom, central tan area with crown flanked by two lions either side above Hebrew inscription, velcro fastener, may have metallic fringe; "With thanks to the Lord/From the work of their/hands-in honor of/our brothern, the/donors in America-/this was executed by/the students of the/Vocational School in/Lvov./Lvov, in the year 1938."
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 77.870 inches (197.79 cm) | Width: 61.380 inches (155.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, cotton, nylon, rhinestone, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The parokhet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Kallia Bokser.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-12-07 14:03:45
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn7222
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Torah Curtain for torah ark found hidden after WWII by survivors of the Holocaust in Lviv.
