. "Tallit or prayer shawl buried for safekeeping by Johanna Baruch Boas while she lived in hiding in Brussels, Belgium, from 1942-1944. The tallit was worn by her husband, Bernhard, during religious services. Bernhard died in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. She brought it with her when she fled Nazi Germany for Brussels in March 1939 with her daughter’s family. Germany occupied Belgium in May 1940 and soon there were frequent deportations of Jews to concentration camps. Johanna had a non-Jewish landlady who hid her in her attic. In December 1944, a few months after the liberation of Belgium, Johanna was reunited with her 11 year old niece, Beatrice Westheimer, who had been placed in hiding in a small country village. Her mother, Johanna's daughter, and her father, as well as a paternal uncle, had been killed at Auschwitz. Johanna and Beatrice joined family members in the United States in 1946."@eng . "overall: Height: 70.500 inches (179.07 cm) | Width: 36.750 inches (93.345 cm)"@eng . "after 1944 December, before 1932" . "Tallit with dark blue stripes on each end buried for safekeeping"@eng . . . "Tallit with dark blue stripes on each end buried for safekeeping"@eng . .