Israel (Miedzyrzecki) Nahari collection

Identifier: irn95140
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn95140

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Benjamin Meed, the son of Israel (Miedzyrzecki) Nahari.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a set of tefillin and a tefillin pouch used by Israel Miedzyrzecki (later Nahari) before the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland, during the Holocaust in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding, and after the Holocaust in Israel.

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Brown tefillin pouch used by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn9873
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Brown cloth pouch used by Israel Miedzyrzecki to store his tefillin, which he kept with him while imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto from 1940 to 1942 and in hiding from 1942 to 1945. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Israel and his family, wife Rivka, and children Stela, Benjamin, Mordecai, and Genia, lived in Warsaw during the German occupation which began in September 1939. They were forced into the Jewish ghetto in October 1940. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deporta...
Head tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn9874
- English
- overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Head tefillin worn by Israel Miedzyrzecki to store his tefillin, which he kept with him while imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto from 1940 to 1942 and in hiding from 1942 to 1945. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Israel and his family, wife Rivka, and children Stela, Benjamin, Mordecai, and Genia, lived in Warsaw during the German occupation which began in September 1939. They were forced into the Jewish ghetto in October 1940. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deportation...
Hand tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn9875
- English
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Hand tefillin worn by Israel Miedzyrzecki to store his tefillin, which he kept with him while imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto from 1940 to 1942 and in hiding from 1942 to 1945. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Israel and his family, wife Rivka, and children Stela, Benjamin, Mordecai, and Genia, lived in Warsaw during the German occupation which began in September 1939. They were forced into the Jewish ghetto in October 1940. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deportation...

Israel (Miedzyrzecki) Nahari collection

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Brown tefillin pouch used by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding

Head tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding

Hand tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding