us-005578-irn555278-irn593641
has or had holder: us-005578
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn555278-irn593641/acquisitions/1
date: after 1937-1939 May
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn555278-irn593641/alternateIDs/1
biographical history: Ilse Brilling (1927-2016) was born to Hedwig (nee, Finkenstein, 1891-1959) and Isidor (1895-1939) Brilling in Rastenburg, Germany (now Kętrzyn, Poland). Hedwig was born in Molthainen, East Prussia (now Mołtajny, Poland), and had four brothers and three sisters. Isidor was also born in East Prussia, and had at least two brothers and six sisters. Following World War I, Isidor received an iron cross for his service in the German army. He began selling raw materials, such as furs and metals, which he grew into a successful business with employees. Ilse had one sister, Hildegard or Hilde (later Baum, 1923-2010), whom she was not close to as a child. The family lived a comfortable lifestyle in a two-bedroom apartment above stores that they rented out. They also had two maids and a car, which they used often to visit her paternal grandmother. As a child, Ilse was extremely shy and very close to her mother, but had a distant relationship with her father. Although Rastenburg was a small town, it had a large Jewish congregation. Hedwig prepared a big Shabbat dinner every week, and Ilse would often help her in the kitchen. Ilse’s parents regularly entertained friends in their home, and one year hosted a Christmas and Hanukkah party for their employees. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were passed that restricted every aspect of Jewish life. Almost immediately, the 117 Jews in Rastenburg were barred from movie theaters, swimming pools, and businesses, including the stores Ilse’s parents rented out. Ilse lost her only friend, a girl from a gentile family who joined the Bund Deutscher Mädel (League of German Girls), a Nazi girls’ group. On November 9, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, stores run by Jews were destroyed and their synagogues were burned down. Isidor was arrested by the SS and imprisoned in Mitgeten. A relative living in the United States sent him an affidavit, which Hedwig took along with the Iron Cross …
record resource extent: overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
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has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1885-12-31
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1885-01-01
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has or had some members with language: deu
identifier: irn593641
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Book; 308 p; 20 cm. Prayer book with cardboard covers covered in dark brown cloth with a moiré pattern. The spine is imitation leather with impressed Hebrew title and two vine scrolls. The name and address of a former owner is stamped in black ink on the inside back cover and in purple ink on the title page. inside back cover, stamped, black ink : Dr. Hch. Beer / München, Maffeistr. 8/2 [Dr. Heinrich Beer / Munich, Maffeistr. 8/2] title page, stamped, purple ink : Dr. Hch. Beer / München, Maffeistr. 8/2 [Dr. Heinrich Beer / Munich, Maffeistr. 8/2]
scope and content: Machzor l'Yom Rishon v'Sheni shel Pesach im tirgum ashkenazi book, owned by a member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’s family, and carried from Germany to Ecuador in the late 1930s. Following Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees and persecution made life in Germany increasingly difficult. Horst Abraham immigrated to Ecuador from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing a rumor that he might be arrested. His parents, Nanette and David, and one of his two brothers, Kurt, joined him there later. In 1939, Ilse Brilling left Rastenburg, Germany and immigrated to Chambo, Ecuador with her parents, Hedwig and Isidor, and older sister, Hilde. Ilse’s father died that same year, and the family moved to Quito, where she met Horst. The couple married on March 3, 1944, and they had their first child in 1946. Ilse, Horst, and their other family members living in Ecuador immigrated to the United States in the mid-to-late 1940s and settled in the New York City area. Horst changed his name to Harry, and got a job working in a meatpacking factory owned by his distant relatives. Many members of their extended families were not able to escape from Europe and died during the Holocaust.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/683
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
archival history: The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Ruth Abraham, the daughter of Ilse and Horst Abraham.
has or had some members with language: yid
is or was included in: us-005578-irn555278
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
title: Prayer book for the First and Second Day of Passover with the Ashkenazi translation Prayers for the Passover with German translation Gebete für das Pessachfest mit deutscher Uebersetsung Hebrew prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee family
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/819
has or had some members with language: heb