Joseph Kempenich prayer books

Identifier
irn517176
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.266
Dates
1 Jan 1901 - 31 Dec 1936
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517176

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Edith Kahn donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on June 28, 2005.

Scope and Content

Contains six Hebrew prayer books, published in 1901, belonging to Joseph Kempenich. Mr. Kempenich gave the books to his family, whom he was planning to join in the United States, for safe-keeping when they emigrated in 1938. Unable to escape, Mr. Kempenich was deported to Theresienstadt and perished in the Minsk ghetto. Also includes the Yom Kippur programs for the synagogue in Trier, Germany, from 1928-1936.

Genre

  • Document
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