Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Tallit used by Holocaust survivor Henry Eisenberg during his years as a Displaced Person that was likely assembled using pieces of clothing he wore while a slave laborer in the Starachowice camp.
- Date
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use:
after 1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sheldon Eisenberg
- Contributor
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Subject:
Henry Eisenberg
- Biography
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Henry Eisenberg (1922-2020) was born Chil Ajzenberg on April 20, 1922 in Iwaniska, Poland. He had seven siblings. During the Holocaust, Henry and his brother Max were deported to Starachowice labor camp. In July 1944 the brothers were among those who escaped the camp as it was being liquidated. After the war, Henry lived in several displaced persons camps, including Turkheim. He married fellow survivor Luba Cytrynbaum (later Lillie Eisenberg) in 1945. They immigrated to the United States in 1949, and later settled in New Jersey. The couple had four children: Leib Ajzenberg (b. 1946, later Larry Eisenberg), Sheldon Eisenberg, Elliot Eisenberg, and Philip Eisenberg.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial textiles
- Object Type
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Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, white shawl with matching sets of vertical black and white stripes of varying widths repeated on each end. There are blue additions at each corner of the shawl as well as a strip of blue fabric for the atarah stitched to the edge of the shawl.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 30.880 inches (78.435 cm) | Width: 63.500 inches (161.29 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Starachowice (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tallit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Sheldon Eisenberg, son of Henry Eisenberg.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-27 14:05:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn725634
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Also in Eisenberg family collection
The collection consists of identification documents, correspondence, a tallit, and an oral history with Henry Eisenberg all relating to the Eisenberg family's experiences during the war in the Starachowice camp and in Displaced Persons camps.
Date: approximately 1927-1955
Henry and Lillie Eisenberg papers
Document
The collection consists of postwar documents related to Henry Eisenberg (born Chil Ajzenberg), originally of Iwaniska, Poland, and his wife Lillie Eisenberg (born Luba Cytrynbaum), originally of Klimontów, Poland. Included are a Ketubah and marriage certificate, a 1961 copy of Luba’s birth certificate (listing her birth year as 1927), naturalization certificates, and a copy of a letter denying their application for admission to Canada in 1949.
