The parchment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Dina Hirschkorn, Bernice Hirschkorn-DeCarlo, and Debbie Hirschkorn, the daughters of Eugenia Kwartac Hirschkorn.
Square piece of brown parchment with Hebrew inscription, black ink, and with red stain.
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overall: Height: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm) | Width: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm)
Klaf found by Eugenia Kwartac Hirschkorn on a street in Vilna, Poland, after the city was liberated in July 1944. A klaf is a kosher piece of parchment that is used for Torah scrolls or inserted into a mezuzah. Based on the small size of this piece, and the writing on the klaf, it is likely from a mezuzah.
Klaf found on a street in Vilna after liberation