Bespaloff family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn595185
• English
• 1901-1946
• box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Documents, identity papers, photographs, affidavits of support, and correspondence from the extended family and associates of Nisson Chrago (Shraga?) Bespaloff, originally of Tallinn, Estonia, related in part to efforts to assist his family and the family of his sister, Fanny Ettinger, immigrate to the United States via France during World War II. There is postwar paperwork relating to land restitution claims in the Baltic region. Also includes documents from pre-war France and pre-Revolutionary Russia, and a book, The Conquest of Acre Fortress. Postwar paperwork relating to land restitutio...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn595186
• English
• 1901-1946
• overall: | Diameter: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

A handmade black kippah, a skullcap worn by observant Jewish males, with a decorative, wire-wrapped thread embroidery design owned by Nisson Bespaloff or another man in his extended family. The kippah was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn740043
• English
• 1901-1946
• overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

A faded green pouch for tefillin with a decorative embroidery design owned by Nisson Bespaloff or another man in his extended family. The pouch was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn740049
• English
• 1901-1946
• overall: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

A dark blue pouch for a tallit with a decorative, wire-wrapped thread embroidery design owned by Nisson Bespaloff or another man in his extended family. The pouch was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. A tallit is a prayer shawl worn by observant Jewish men during morning services.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn740050
• English
• 1901-1946
• a: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) b: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

A pair of batim from a set of tefillin owned by Nisson Bespaloff or another man in his extended family. The batim were brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers.