Richard Pfifferling and Ruth Pfifferling Knox family 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
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- Geography
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received:
Dresden (Germany)
- Date
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received:
approximately 1927
- Geography
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received:
Dresden (Germany)
- Date
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received:
approximately 1927
- Geography
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received:
Dresden (Germany)
- Date
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received:
approximately 1927
- Geography
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received:
Dresden (Germany)
- Date
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received:
approximately 1927
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undated:
- Geography
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publication:
Berlin (Germany)
received: Mannheim (Germany)
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publication:
1935
- Geography
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publication:
Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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publication:
1931
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Monogrammed tallit pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.1
Tefillin pair and embroidered pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.2 a-c
White wool tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.3
White silk tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.4
Embroidered priest's stole owned by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.5
Bible: Old Testament
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.4
Tikkun prayer book
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.5