Reicher family collection

Identifier: irn552717
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn552717

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Esther Reicher Begam, the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai and Chaja Reicher.

Scope and Content

Two rabbincal tractates hidden in Polish town of Jelesnia near Krakow in 1939 by non-Jewish neighbors. Prayerbooks belonged to Rabbi Mordechai Reicher and were entrusted to a neighbor by his wife Chaja. Iin 2004, Esther retreived the books (by chance). Both of her parents perished during the Holocaust.

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Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn560491
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rabbincal tractate hidden in Polish town of Jelesnia near Krakow in 1939 by non-Jewish neighbors. It belonged to Rabbi Mordechai Reicher and was entrusted to a neighbor by his wife Chaja.Iin 2004, Esther retreived the book (by chance).
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn560492
- English
- overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rabbincal tractate hidden in Polish town of Jelesnia near Krakow in 1939 by non-Jewish neighbors. It belonged to Rabbi Mordechai Reicher and was entrusted to a neighbor by his wife Chaja.Iin 2004, Esther retreived the book (by chance).

Reicher family collection

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Prayer book

Prayer book