Prayer book, Siddur Schaare Tefillah, owned by Walter Rosenthal
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.874 inches (20 cm)
Archival History
The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Ronald Glass and Marion Glass Hirschmann, the children of Inge Glass.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Ronald Glass and Marion Hirschmann
Scope and Content
Prayer book, Siddur Schaare Tefillah, used by Walter Rosenthal and brought with him when his family immigrated to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the late 1930s. The book was written by J. B. Levy and published by M. Lehrberger & Co. in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1934. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection also includes documents and Hebrew and German prayer books: a machzor and three haggadot.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Hebrew-language prayer book with 416 pages. It is the 16th edition, and identified as "enlarged and improved". The owner's name is inscribed on the inside back cover and page.
back cover, inside, handwritten : Walter Rosenthal + W. Rosenthal inside, back page, handwritten : Walter Rosenthal, Elz
Corporate Bodies
- Wizo
Subjects
- Zimbabwe
- Jewish refugees.
- South Africa
- Emigration and immigration.
- Limburg (Germany : Landkreis)
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials