Desecrated section of a Torah scroll used as postal package wrapping
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The desecrated torah scroll frament was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Simon Hirsch.
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Desecrated section of a Torah scroll used as postal package wrapping
overall: Height: 24.400 inches (61.976 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
Section of a desecrated Torah scroll used to wrap a parcel and addressed in multiple locations to the Schmid family in Munich, Germany. It was posted between 1941-1944.
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Irregularly shaped offwhite fragment of parchment. On the front is inscribed German text, a circular ink cancellation stamp, and a blue postage stamp depicting Adolf Hitler in profile. On the reverse are 2 columns of inscribed Hebrew text.
reverse, black ink, : Hebrew text front, black ink : Feldpost [Field Post] front, black ink : German text