Torah fragment found in the ruins of a desecrated synagogue
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 25.250 inches (64.135 cm) | Width: 30.500 inches (77.47 cm)
Creator(s)
- Charles Braun (Subject)
Biographical History
Charles Braun was a Jewish hardware merchant in Jaszbereny, Hungary, a town of 30-35,000 inhabitants southeast of Budapest. After the occupation of Hungary by Germany in March 1944, Charles's wife was deported and Charles was sent to labor camps. After the war ended in May 1945, he returned to Jaszbereny. He learned that his wife had been killed in the gas chambers. Charles lived alone in his old house until 1950-1951, when he emigrated to Switzerland, where died in the sixties.
Archival History
TheTorah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Julie Baskes.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Julie Baskes
Scope and Content
Torah fragment found in the ruins of a desecrated synagogue by Charles Braun, circa 1945, in Jaszbereny, Hungary. On March 19, 1944, Germany invaded Hungary and began to deport all Jews to concentration camps. Charles' wife was deported and he was sent to a labor camp. After the war ended in May 1945, Charles returned to Jaszbereny. His wife had been killed in the the gas chambers.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--Hungary--Jaszbereny--Biography.
- Judaism--Liturgical objects--Hungary--Jaszbereny.
- Synagogues--Destruction and pillage--Hungary--Jaszbereny.
- Torah scrolls--Sacrilege--Hungary--Jaszbereny--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Jaszbereny--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Object