Prayer book
Archival History
The Megillat Esther was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Nat Shaffir, the son of Anton Spitzer.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nathan Shaffir
Scope and Content
Megillat Esther, the scroll of Esther, read on the Jewish holiday of Purim carried by Anton Spitzer when he moved to Iasi, Romania, in 1931. Shortly before he was taken away by the Nazis in 1944, Anton hid the scroll in a cellar in the Iasi ghetto. He recovered it when he returned to Iasi after the war in 1945. The family would read from this scroll on Purim in Iasi until they immigrated to Israel in 1950.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Megillat Esther scroll composed of parchment and handwritten Hebrew text.
Subjects
- Purim.
- Bible. O.T. Esther--Commentaries.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object
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