Erzählung von dem Auszuge Israels aus Ägypten an den ersten beiden Pessachabenden Narrative of the exodus of Israel from Egypt on the first two Passover evenings Prayer book, Haggadah Seder ha-Hagadah le-lel shimurim, owned by Bernhard Rosenthal
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, Haggadah, Seder ha-Hagadah le-lel shimurim, owned by Bernhard Rosenthal and brought to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) when his family immigrated there in the late 1930s. The book was published by M. Lehrberger in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1900. 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, a cookbook, and Hebrew and German prayer books: a machzor, siddur, and two haggadot.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Hebrew and German-language prayer book with 64 pages. The owner's name is written inside the front cover.
front cover, inside, handwritten and stamped : B. Rosenthal / H.B. / Hermann (illegible) Leihgestern Inside, title page, handwritten : Glass
Corporate Bodies
- Wizo
Subjects
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Jewish refugees.
- Limburg (Germany : Landkreis)
- Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object