us-005578-irn11285
record resource extent: a: Height: 27.500 inches (69.85 cm) | Width: 52.500 inches (133.35 cm) b: Height: 27.625 inches (70.168 cm) | Width: 52.250 inches (132.715 cm) c: Height: 27.250 inches (69.215 cm) | Width: 59.375 inches (150.813 cm) d: Height: 27.625 inches (70.168 cm) | Width: 27.875 inches (70.803 cm)
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn11285/alternateIDs/1
has or had some members with language: heb
has record set type: Item
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Torah scroll torn into four pieces a-.d. There are Hebrew characters in black ink on parchment. The panels of parchment are sewn together.
archival history: The Torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by the Dokumentationsarchiv des Osterreichischen Widerstandes.
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn11285/acquisitions/1
type: RecordSet
scope and content: Torah scroll fragments from the Kluckygasse Synagogue in the 20th disctrict of Vienna, Austria, desecrated on Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. The Torah scroll may have been taken from the orthodox shul. The Torah was torn into four pices and left on the street. It was picked up by a non-Jewish civilian, who stored it in his attic until giving it to the Archive of the Austrian Resistance.
date: 1938 November 09-1938 November 10
title: Torah scroll torn into four pieces from a desecrated synagogue
has or had holder: us-005578
identifier: irn11285