Andrew and Rose Hausman collection

Identifier: irn74186
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn74186

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Eric R. Neiditz, a friend of Andrew Hausman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a set of tefillin, documents, drawings, and photographs relating to the experiences of Adolf Hausman in Hungary during and after the Holocaust and of documents relating to Rose Hausman after the Holocaust.

Genre

Collection

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Child Items

Filter Results

Language of Description
1. English (1)
Country
1. United States (1)
Holding Institution
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (1)

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase": Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase: Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase: Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase": For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

identifier
title
creator
person
place
subject
address

One item found

Set of tefillin owned by a Hungarian Jewish concentration camp survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43872
- English
- 1949
- a: Height: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) b: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Pair of tefillin owned by Adolf Hausman, who was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944. Tefillin are small boxes with leather straps used by Jewish males during morning prayers. After German forces occupied Hungary on March 19, 1944, Adolf, his father, Shmuel, and sister, Rose, were confined to the Berehove ghetto. In May, the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and a week later Adolf was sent to Auschwitz-Monowitz. Shmuel was killed in Birkenau immediately after arriving. In September, Adolf was transferred to Gleiwitz I labor camp. In February 1945, the inmates were fo...

Andrew and Rose Hausman collection

Child Items

Set of tefillin owned by a Hungarian Jewish concentration camp survivor