Damaged Torah scroll from a synagogue in Marburg desecrated during Kristallnacht
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
Archival History
The desecrated Torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Joseph and Helena Tauber.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph and Helena Tauber
Scope and Content
Desecrated Torah scroll from a synagogue in Marburg, Germany, that was vandalized during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. The scroll was given to Joseph Tauber in the late 1960s for safekeeping by an unnamed German woman who told him that the scroll was desecrated during the Night of Broken Glass or Kristallnacht. It had been given to her to preserve by the person who took it from the synagogue in order to protect it.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
b. fragment in the roughly in the shape of a triangle
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Religious aspects--Germany--Marburg.
- Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany--Marburg.
- Torah scrolls--Desecration--Germany--History--20th century.
Genre
- Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Object