Rabbi Georg and Martha Wilde collection

Identifier: irn597412
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn597412

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Elizabeth Irene Newhouse, the grand-niece of Rabbi Dr. Georg and Martha Wilde.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a monogramed tablecloth and napkin rings relating to the experiences of Rabbi Dr. Georg Wilde and his wife Martha in Germany, before and during the Holocaust.

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White, monogrammed tablecloth belonging to the family of a German Rabbi
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619189
- English
- overall: Height: 73.750 inches (187.325 cm) | Width: 59.250 inches (150.495 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Finely woven, linen tablecloth, embroidered with the initials of Martha Wilde, wife of Rabbi Georg Wilde, who fled Germany in 1939. Rabbi Dr. Georg Wilde attended the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), and received a doctorate in 1901. He married Breslau-born Martha Spitz, and the couple moved to Magdeburg. In 1906, Georg began serving as rabbi for the largest of Magdeburg’s three congregations, the Synagogen-Gemeinde zu Magdeburg. During World War I, Georg served as a field rabbi and presided over both Jewish and interfaith burials. While in Magdeburg, G...
Monogrammed silver napkin rings owned by a German Rabbi
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619190
- English
- a: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pair of silver napkin rings, engraved with the initials of Martha and her husband Rabbi George Wilde, who fled Germany in 1939. Rabbi Dr. Georg Wilde attended the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), and received a doctorate in 1901. He married Breslau-born Martha Spitz, and the couple moved to Magdeburg. In 1906, Georg began serving as rabbi for the largest of Magdeburg’s three congregations, the Synagogen-Gemeinde zu Magdeburg. During World War I, Georg served as a field rabbi and presided over both Jewish and interfaith burials. While in Magdeburg, Georg...

Rabbi Georg and Martha Wilde collection

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White, monogrammed tablecloth belonging to the family of a German Rabbi

Monogrammed silver napkin rings owned by a German Rabbi