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Prayer book

Object | Accession Number: 1993.36.11

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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
    Gebetbuch fuer die Festtage. Band I: Pesachfest (1. und 2. Tag) Gebetbuch fuer das Pesachfest
    Date
    publication/distribution: 
    Geography
    recovery: Recklinghausen (Münster, Germany)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irma Gerber

    Physical Details

    Language
    English German
    Object Type
    Prayer books (lcsh)
    Dimensions
    Height: 7.360 inches (18.694 cm) | Width: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm) | Depth: 0.390 inches (0.991 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, cloth, adhesive
    Inscription
    first page, recto and verso, in ink, "saved for Herta Solomons" (in English)

    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:
    2022-07-28 21:57:11
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