Prayer book
Creator(s)
- National Jewish Welfare Board (Publisher)
Archival History
The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Reginald Newbeck, son of Heinz Max and Jetty Newbeck.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Reginald Joseph Newbeck, In memory of his parents Heinz Max and Jetty Newbeck
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
Prayer book owned by the Newbeck family. Heinz and Jetty Newbeck fled Nazi Germany for Shangahi, China, in 1939 and a few years after the war ended in 1945, emigrated, with their son Reginald, to the United States in 1947.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Book; [Second] revised edition; viii, 341, 45 pages ; 13 cm Notes: Pages 1-45 at end have separate t.p.: Evening service for the Sabbath and morning service for week-days : from the Union prayerbook.
Subjects
- Judaism--Liturgy--Texts.
- Siddurim--Texts.
- Jewish soldiers--United States--Prayers and devotions.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object