Candelabrum fragments from a synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht
Creator(s)
- Betty Freund (Subject)
- Henry Freund (Subject)
Archival History
The candelabrum fragments were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Betty and Henry Freund.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Freund, dedicated to the memory of his mother Gabriele, a victim of the Nazi-Criminals deported to Riga and the other martyrs from the gruesome City of Modling
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Two pieces of a candelabrum from a synagogue in Mödling, Austria, destroyed by Nazi supporters during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. A large broken piece of the candelabrum was found in the backyard of Mrs. Martha Roth, who had salvaged it from the ruins of the burned synagogue. These sections of the candelabrum were given to Henry Freund, a former congregant of the Mödling synagogue, by his wife, Betty, originally from Vienna, who broke off a small piece of the candelabra and brought it to him in San Francisco when she fled Austria in 1939.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Two copper-alloy fragments from a candelabrum: one a cup-shaped candle-holder and the other as a heart with wings. The pieces fit together.
Subjects
- Kristallnacht, 1938--Austria--Moedling.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Biography.
- Jewish refugees--United States--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--United States.
- Synagogues--Destruction and pillage--Austria--Moedling.
Genre
- Object
- Jewish Art and Symbolism