Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
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The tefillin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Alexander Kuechel.
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Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
overall: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
Tefillin hidden and carried by Alexander Kuechel during his imprisonment in seven concentration camps during the Holocaust. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers.
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Leather box with attached leather straps housing a parchment scroll.