Michael M. Garber collection

Identifier: irn514269
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514269

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Michael Garber.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a tefillin set, siddur, and seven photographs relating to the experiences of Michael Garber before and during the Holocaust when he fled German occupied Warsaw, Poland, for the Soviet Union.

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Michael Garber photograph collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514191
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
The collection primarily consists of photographs documenting Michael Garber and his family, originally of Warsaw, Poland. Included are depictions of Michael Garber, his parents, Aron and Frajda Pentman Garber, and his sister, Bronia, in Warsaw, Poland, before and during World War II.
Tefillin pair kept through the war by a Jewish Polish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514535
- English
- a: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) b: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Tefillin set taken by Michael [Mojsej] Garber, 21, when he fled Warsaw, Poland, for Soviet territory soon after the September 1939 German invasion. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Jewish males during morning prayers. Michael received these tefillin from his parents when he was a 12 year old boy preparing for bar mitzvah. He kept them in a small pouch and took them with him, along with his prayer book, when he escaped. The Soviet authorities sent him to a labor camp but when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 19...
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514536
- English
- Updated 8 months ago
Siddur taken by Michael [Mojsej] Garber, 21, when he fled Warsaw, Poland, for Soviet territory soon after the September 1939 German invasion. Attached to the cover is a glass plate with a photograph of the Teznia w Ciechocinku, 19th century graduated wooden cooling towers in Ciechocinek, Poland. The towers, used to evaporate brine from water, were built in 1825 and 1859, and at 53 feet, were the largest of their kind. Michael received this prayer book from his parents when he was a 12 year old boy preparing for bar mitzvah. He took it, and his tefillin, with him when he escaped. The Soviet ...

Michael M. Garber collection

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Michael Garber photograph collection

Tefillin pair kept through the war by a Jewish Polish man

Prayer book