Torah-style scroll and case signed by residents of Schlachtensee DP camp
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Harold Fishbein was the Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's Displaced Persons camp, Schlachtensee, from 1945 to 1948.
The scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz in 2003.
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Torah-style scroll and case signed by residents of Schlachtensee DP camp
a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
b: Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
Torah-style scroll with blue velvet cover bearing the signatures of several residents of Schlachtensee DP camp in post war Germany. The scroll was dedicated to Harold Fishbein and dated 1946, in honor of Fishbein’s 25th wedding anniversary.
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a. Rolled paper scroll with Hebrew and Yiddish calligraphy in black ink. b. Blue velvet cover with a white-muslin Star of David sewn onto the exterior.