Tallit

Object | Accession Number: 1994.93.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Tallit given to Leo [Leib] Recht upon liberation of an unknown concentration camp in 1945 by the Joint Distribution Committee upon his return to his home town Kielce, Poland, and worn by him until his death in 1992.
Date: received: 1945
Geography: received: Kielce (Poland)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Arnold Recht
Markings: long edge, in black ink : Gift from the Joint
Contributor: Distributor: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Subject: Leo Recht
Biography: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. The JDC was founded in 1914 to assist Jewish persons in Palestine during World War I. The Holocaust and World War II caused the JDC to ramp up its relief efforts. With the end of the war in 1945, Jewish survivors were placed into hastily created displaced persons camps throughout Europe. Along with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the JDC helped administer these camps and provide supplies. The JDC has aided millions of Jews in more than 85 countries.

Classification: Jewish Art and Symbolism
Category: Jewish ceremonial objects
Object Type: Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects) (lcsh)
Physical Description: White, rectangular fringed fabric with black stripes at narrow ends.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 69.000 inches (175.26 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm)
Materials: overall : cotton, ink

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The tallit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Arnold Recht, the son of Leo Recht.