Torah scroll torn into four pieces from a desecrated synagogue
Extent and Medium
a: Height: 27.500 inches (69.85 cm) | Width: 52.500 inches (133.35 cm)
b: Height: 27.625 inches (70.168 cm) | Width: 52.250 inches (132.715 cm)
c: Height: 27.250 inches (69.215 cm) | Width: 59.375 inches (150.813 cm)
d: Height: 27.625 inches (70.168 cm) | Width: 27.875 inches (70.803 cm)
Archival History
The Torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by the Dokumentationsarchiv des Osterreichischen Widerstandes.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes
Scope and Content
Torah scroll fragments from the Kluckygasse Synagogue in the 20th disctrict of Vienna, Austria, desecrated on Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. The Torah scroll may have been taken from the orthodox shul. The Torah was torn into four pices and left on the street. It was picked up by a non-Jewish civilian, who stored it in his attic until giving it to the Archive of the Austrian Resistance.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Torah scroll torn into four pieces a-.d. There are Hebrew characters in black ink on parchment. The panels of parchment are sewn together.
Subjects
- Judaism--Liturgical objects--Austria--Vienna.
- Torah scrolls--Sacrilege--Austria--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna.
- Kristallnacht, 1938--Austria--Vienna.
- Synagogues--Destruction and pillage--Austria--Vienna.
Genre
- Object
- Jewish Art and Symbolism