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Prayer book

Object | Accession Number: 1993.36.3 a-b

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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
    Gottesdienst des Herzeus
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1898
    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)
    Physical Description
    published by Friedr
    Dimensions
    Height: 8.270 inches (21.006 cm) | Width: 5.240 inches (13.31 cm) | Depth: 0.980 inches (2.489 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, adhesive, cloth
    Inscription
    inside of cover and first two pages in ink, "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:
    2022-07-28 21:57:11
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