Tallit bag
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
Creator(s)
- Wolf Fischelberg (Artisan)
Archival History
The tallit bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Leo Fischelberg.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leo Fischelberg
Scope and Content
Created by Wolf Fischelberg while in the Bochnia Ghetto, Poland. Made in a factory where German army uniforms were produced in the Bochnia Ghetto, Poland. The thread used in the bag is the same thread used for sewing German uniforms. The bag was recovered by the maker, Wolf Fischelberg, after the war.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Genre
- Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Object