Richard Pfifferling and Ruth Pfifferling Knox family collection

Identifier: irn92224
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn92224

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Ruth Knox, wife, and Hanna Lewin, sister-in-law, of Richard Pfifferling.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a tefillin set and storage pouch, two tallits, a tallit storage pouch, a stole, publications, and photographs relating to the experiences of Richard Pfifferling, who left Germany for the United States in 1939, and of documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of his wife, Ruth Liebermensch (later Knox), and her sister, Hanna Liebermensch (later Lewin), who left Germany on a Kindertransport in 1939.

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1. United States (7)
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Displaying items 1 to 7 of 7

Monogrammed tallit pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2964
- English
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 15.500 inches (39.37 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Monogrammed tallit pouch brought with Richard Pfifferling when he left Dresden, Germany, for New York in September 1939. Richard received the pouch and other religious items as a gift for his bar mitzvah circa 1927. In 1933, the Nazi regime came to power and enacted laws that persecuted Jews. Richard and his brothers, Otto and Ernst, fled Germany but their parents, Alexander and Auguste, were unable to leave. Richard later served in the US Army during the war. Richard’s parents were deported to Riga, Latvia, in December 1941, and killed in Auschwitz in August 1942. In 1944, he married Ruth ...
Tefillin pair and embroidered pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2965
- English
- a: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) b: Height: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) c: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Set of tefillin and embroided storage pouch brought with Richard Pfifferling when he left Dresden, Germany, for New York in September 1939. Richard received the tefillin, pouch, and other religious items as a gift for his bar mitzvah circa 1927. In 1933, the Nazi regime came to power and enacted laws that persecuted Jews. Richard and his brothers, Otto and Ernst, fled Germany but their parents, Alexander and Auguste, were unable to leave. Richard later served in the US Army during the war. Richard’s parents were deported to Riga, Latvia, in December 1941, and killed in Auschwitz in August 1...
White wool tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2966
- English
- overall: Height: 63.625 inches (161.608 cm) | Width: 44.500 inches (113.03 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
White wool tallit with black stripes brought with Richard Pfifferling when he left from Dresden, Germany, for New York in September 1939. Richard received the tallit, or prayer shawl, and other religious items as a gift for his bar mitzvah circa 1927. In 1933, the Nazi regime came to power and enacted laws that persecuted Jews. Richard and his brothers, Otto and Ernst, fled Germany but their parents, Alexander and Auguste, were unable to leave. Richard later served in the US Army during the war. Richard’s parents were deported to Riga, Latvia, in December 1941, and killed in Auschwitz in Au...
White silk tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2967
- English
- overall: Height: 59.750 inches (151.765 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
White silk tallit with black stripes brought with Richard Pfifferling when he left Dresden, Germany, for New York in September 1939. Richard received the tallit, or prayer shawl, and other religious items as a gift for his bar mitzvah circa 1927. In 1933, the Nazi regime came to power and enacted laws that persecuted Jews. Richard and his brothers, Otto and Ernst, fled Germany but their parents, Alexander and Auguste, were unable to leave. Richard later served in the US Army during the war. Richard’s parents were deported to Riga, Latvia, in December 1941, and killed in Auschwitz in August ...
Embroidered priest's stole owned by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2968
- English
- overall: Height: 79.125 inches (200.978 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Catholic priest's vestment with French style spade ends owned by Richard Pfifferling. Richard was Jewish and how and when he acquired the stole is not known. In 1933, the Nazi regime came to power and enacted laws that persecuted Jews. Richard and his brothers, Otto and Ernst, fled Dresden, Germany; his brothers to England and Argentina and Richard, in September 1939, to the United States. Their parents, Alexander and Auguste, were unable to leave. Richard later served in the US Army during the war. Richard’s parents were deported to Riga, Latvia, in December 1941, and killed in Auschwitz i...
Bible
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2992
- English
- 1935
- Updated 7 months ago
Torah brought with Ruth Liebermensch, who, with her sister Hanna, fled Mannheim, Germany, for Great Britain on a Kindertransport in summer 1939, and then went to New York in May 1940. The book is stamped Israelitische Gemeinde Mannheim [Jewish Community Mannheim.] Ruth and Hanna’s father Samuel was killed in Auschwitz in September 1942.
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2993
- English
- 1931
- Updated 7 months ago
Tikkun prayer book brought with Ruth Liebermensch, who, with her sister Hanna, fled Mannheim, Germany, for Great Britain on a Kindertransport in summer 1939, and then went to New York in May 1940. Ruth and Hanna’s father Samuel was killed in Auschwitz in September 1942. A Tikkun is a copy of the Pentateuch, the Five Books of Moses, used to practice Torah readings. This book includes the readings from the Prophets for the entire year plus the five Scrolls.

Richard Pfifferling and Ruth Pfifferling Knox family collection

Child Items

Monogrammed tallit pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee

Tefillin pair and embroidered pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee

White wool tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee

White silk tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee

Embroidered priest's stole owned by a German Jewish refugee

Bible

Prayer book