us-005578-irn84034-irn2563
type: RecordSet
archival history: The torah scroll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Joachim Hahn.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Parchment with burn marks and singed edges. It is fragile and warped.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1938 November
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: heb
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn2563
is or was included in: us-005578-irn84034
record resource extent: overall: Height: 29.125 inches (73.978 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Torah scroll that was used as kindling during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, near Bad Duerkheim, Germany. It was received by a pastor from a man with whom he was visiting. The pastor noticed that the man was starting a fire in his fireplace with fragments of a torah roll and asked to have it. The pastor later gave the scroll to Dr. Joachim Hahn. It is unknown what town the roll came from originally.
title: Damaged Torah scroll used as kindling