Prayer book

Identifier
irn518619
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.443.1
Dates
1 Jan 1895 - 31 Dec 1895
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Henry Sussman.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Sussman

Scope and Content

Collection consists of a prayer book imprinted on front cover "vom Bethaus im IX. Bez. Wien" and "zur Erinnerung an die Confirmation" and inscribed inside "an die Confirmation der Alice Goldschmied 3 June 1900"; published 1895, Prague; in German and Hebrew. The book was found by the donor while he was working for the Viennese Jewish Community circa 1941/1942. The prayer book was found in a subterranean storage room and kept with donor through deportation to Theresienstadt concentration camp and liberation. It was found among other religious books such as a Pentateuch most likely rescued from being destroyed during the November pogrom in Vienna

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Genre

  • Books and Published Materials
  • Object
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