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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Selected records from the National Archives of Malta

    This collection contains records relating to the Jewish Community of Malta, such as birth and marriage certificates, applications for passports and permission to travel, immigration to Malta, internment, and travel from Palestine.

  2. Shofar saved by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Gusti and Julius Ackermann collection

    Shofar brought by Julius Ackermann when he emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938. It had been used by his family for years.

  3. Burgundy velvet shofar cover with a floral border and tassels saved by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Gusti and Julius Ackermann collection

    Burgundy velvet shofar cover brought with Gusti Mayer when she and her thirteen year old brother, August, emigrated in June 1937 from Hermeskeil, Germany, to the United States in June 1937.

  4. Leather pouch

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Leather pouch with snap.