Richard Pfifferling and Ruth Pfifferling Knox family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of a tefillin set and storage pouch, two tallits, a tallit storage pouch, a stole, publications, and photographs relating to the experiences of Richard Pfifferling, who left Germany for the United States in 1939, and of documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of his wife, Ruth Liebermensch (later Knox), and her sister, Hanna Liebermensch (later Lewin), who left Germany on a Kindertransport in 1939.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Ruth Knox, wife, and Hanna Lewin, sister-in-law, of Richard Pfifferling.