Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Tefillin bag hidden and carried by Alexander Kuechel during his imprisonment in seven concentration camps during the Holocaust.
- Date
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use:
1939-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexander Kuechel
- Contributor
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Subject:
Alexander Kuechel
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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Tefillin bags (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Dark red velvet rectangular tefillin bag.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Depth: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
- Materials
- overall : velvet
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tefillin bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Alexander Kuechel.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:32
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8600
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The collection consists of tefillin, a tefillin bag, and a tallit katan relating to the experiences of Alexander Keuchel in Belgium and several concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
Object
Tefillin hidden and carried by Alexander Kuechel during his imprisonment in seven concentration camps during the Holocaust. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers.
Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
Object
Tefillin hidden and carried by Alexander Kuechel during his imprisonment in seven concentration camps during the Holocaust. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers.
Tallit katan hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
Object
Ritual fringes (tzitzis) hidden and carried by Alexander Kuechel during his imprisonment in seven concentration camps during the Holocaust.
