Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps

Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.3

Date: 1939-1945 (use)
Classification: Jewish Art and Symbolism
Category: Jewish ceremonial objects
Object Type: Tefillin (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexander Kuechel

Physical Description: Leather box with attached leather straps housing a parchment scroll.
Dimensions: overall : 5.375 x 4.000 x 2.000 in. (13.653 x 10.16 x 5.08 cm.)
Materials: overall : leather, thread, parchment, ink
Contributor: Subject: Alexander Kuechel
Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Deportees--Belgium--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium--Personal narratives.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The tefillin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Alexander Kuechel.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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Also in Alexander Kuechel collection

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 bag hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps

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Tefillin bag hidden and carried by Alexander Kuechel during his imprisonment in seven concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps

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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.