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Prayer book

Object | Accession Number: 1993.36.1

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Prayer book used by the Salomons family before war. It was kept during war by a Christian woman who worked for the family before the war and returned it to Herta Salomons in July 1945 in Recklinghausen, Germany.
    Title
    Haggadah
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1920
    Geography
    recovery: Recklinghausen (Münster, Germany)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irma Gerber

    Physical Details

    Language
    English German Hebrew
    Object Type
    Prayer books (lcsh)
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 6.140 inches (15.596 cm) | Depth: 3.150 inches (8.001 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, adhesive, graphite
    Inscription
    inside cover in ink and graphite, "saved for Herta Solomons" (in English and German)

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Irma Gerber, the daughter of Herta Salomons.
    Record last modified:
    2022-12-02 10:48:35
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