Haggadah commemorating the Holocaust

Identifier
irn516920
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.202
Dates
1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1985
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516920

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jun. 3, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of one haggadah, entitled "Pessach Haggadah in Memory of the Holocaust", illustrated by David Wander with calligraphy and micrography by Yonah Weinrib. Published by Goldman's Art Gallery in Haifa, Israel and by the International Society for Yad Vashem, the haggadah is copy 115 of 250. It consists of 12 prints, 31 illuminated pages, and 13 black and white pages. It is housed in a large leather box.

Genre

  • Haggadah.
  • Document
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