The torah mantle fragment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Lore Deutsch, the daughter of Julius Simon.
Fragment of textile with three Hebrew letters embroidered with metallic thread. on verso: Synagogue, Karlsruhe, 10 Nov 1938
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overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
Salvaged fragment of a burned Torah mantle cut and preserved by Julius Simon on November 10, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Karlsruhe, Germany. Julius Simon and his family escaped to New York in 1939.
Fragment from a Torah mantle destroyed during Kristallnacht