us-005578-irn47468-irn7121
physical characteristics and technical requirements: 1 roll ; ill. 21 cm. a. Three parchment panels joined via overlapping vertical seams. The Hebrew text is relief printed in black printing ink. b. Cylindrical cardboard case to hold (a). (8.250 x 1.500)
title: Bible. OT. Esther Book
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1936-01-01
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1936-12-31
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1943-12-31
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has or had some members with language: heb
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1938-12-31
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has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1938-01-01
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
is or was included in: us-005578-irn47468
has or had holder: us-005578
biographical history: Sally (Sol) Ossowski was born on January 1, 1919, in Berlin, Germany, to Frieda Schwartzbardt, born in 1888, and Rabbi Issac Ossowski, born in 1877 in Lubraniez, Poland. Sol had two brothers, Leo, born on April 1, 1913, and Joseph, born in 1914, in Pfungstadt, and a sister, Nettie. His father was a prominent and active member of the Jewish community, serving as a shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and cantor. The family attended the Alte Schul synagogue where Sol sang in the choir. He attended the Jewish Community School for Boys until he was 14 years old and was active in sports, plays, and clubs. By the early 1930s, and especially after Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in 1933, Sol noticed a change within society as people’s attitudes towards Jews began to change in response to the anti-Semitic policies of the Nazi government. The Ossowski family was the target of anti-Semitic behaviours and attacks, much of this due to his father's prominent position within the Jewish community. Some of Sol's friends stopped playing with him and neighbors no longer said hello. Members of the Hitler Youth attacked Sol on the subway, yelling “Jew, get out”, and attempted to open the doors of the moving train; Sol escaped, but not one person helped him. One day as they were on their way to temple, two SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) guards took Sol, his brothers, and father into the basement of a bar. Sol managed to escape, but was captured and returned; a neighbour talked the SS into letting them go. Another time, the SS forced their way into their home looking for contraband. As a result of this incident, Sol decided he wanted to leave Germany. Isaac supported this decision and made arrangements for him to attend seminary outside of Germany. Sol left in 1934 for a yeshiva in Ponevezh (Panevezys), Lithuania. He wanted to emigrate to Palestine and help establish a Jewish state. His brother, Joseph, got a visa for the U…
identifier: irn7121
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn47468-irn7121/acquisitions/1
record resource extent: a: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 115.250 inches (292.735 cm) | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
scope and content: Book of Esther scroll or Megillat Esther with case from the library of Sol Oster. The printed scroll was given to him in 1936 when he was seventeen years old. Sol left Germany and then Lithuania to escape the increasingly violent anti-Semitism that was developing in those countries in the 1930s. Sol’s father, Rabbi Isaac Ossowski, was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were placed upon Jews. The family was targeted repeatedly by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons.) Fourteen year old Sol told his father that he wanted to leave Germany to attend a seminary and, in 1934, he was sent to a yeshiva in Ponevezh (Panevezys), Lithuania. In December 1936, Sol received a notice to register with the German embassy. Afraid that his passport would be confiscated, Sol applied to a seminary in London and went into hiding. He needed an acceptance letter to get a student visa for England and when it arrived in June 1937, he left for London. After completing his studies in 1939, he joined his parents in the United States, where they had emigrated a year earlier.
has or had some members with language: eng
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
archival history: The Book of Esther scroll with case was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Rabbi Sol Oster, the son of Isaac Ossowski.
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