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Richard Pfifferling and Ruth Pfifferling Knox family collection

Collection

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.
Date: approximately 1914-approximately 1946

Geography: received: Dresden (Germany)
Date: received: approximately 1927
Geography: received: Dresden (Germany)
Date: received: approximately 1927
Geography: received: Dresden (Germany)
Date: received: approximately 1927
Geography: received: Dresden (Germany)
Date: received: approximately 1927
Date: undated:
Geography: publication: Berlin (Germany)
received: Mannheim (Germany)
Date: publication: 1935
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date: publication: 1931
: Record last modified: 2016-12-25 18:55:40
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