Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Torah scroll, partially written, from synagogue in Altona, Germany (now Hamburg-Altona). It was carried with the Schulz family, namely Hinda Schulz and her son Moritz, when they were forced to immigrate from Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1939.
- Date
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use:
1939
- Geography
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use:
Hamburg-Altona (Hamburg, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sandy Schussel
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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Scrolls (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rolled and partially written Torah scroll
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 22.343 inches (56.751 cm) | Diameter: 8.661 inches (21.999 cm)
- Materials
- overall : parchment, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Sandy Schussel.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-17 11:53:40
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn739541
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Also in Schulz family collection
The collection consists of a Torah Scrol from synagogue in Altona, Germany, carried when the Schulz family were forced to emigrate from Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1939 as well as identification cards, passports, and correspondence documenting the Schulz family in Altona [Hamburg], Germany and their efforts to flee Nazi Germany.
Date: 1924-1952
Schulz family papers
Document
Comprised primarily of correspondence between the Schulz, Gitter, and Plesser family members as well as correspondence and identity documentation, such as Polish passports and U.S. naturalization certificates, for the Schulz family, including Josef and Hinda (nee Gitter) Schulz and their son, Moritz (Moses) Schulz. The documents capture their immigration experience as they were deported to Poland in October 1938 and then returned to Hamburg, Germany. They fled Nazi Germany for Switzerland in 1939 where they resided before leaving for Uruguay in 1945 and then immigrating to New York in 1947.
