Prayer book
Extent and Medium
Height: 9.610 inches (24.409 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm) | Depth: 1.730 inches (4.394 cm)
Archival History
The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Scope and Content
Bible (five books of Moses) and prayer book.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
leather bound volume; contains Rabbinical commentaries; text entirely in Hebrew
front cover, "This book belongs to Mordechai Rothman, October 29, Native of Auschwitz" [in Hebrew]; inside back cover, "Markus Rothman, Auschwitz, by Kotowice" [in Polish], and "Made in Poland 1930" [in English].
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials
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