Book

Identifier
irn7103
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.8.14
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sol Oster

Scope and Content

Book codifying Jewish law from the library of Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Worn, dark brown textured leather prayer book with Hebrew text in black ink. There are decorative borders on the title and other pages throughout the book; on the spine is half a label. Hebrew and German script and a number are inscribed in ink on the title page and the free front endpaper. Title: [Codification of Jewish Law] Publication: Amsterdam : Rabbi Naftali Herz Levi; 1760 Description: 19 cm

front, loose endpaper, ink, handwritten : Hebrew script / German script / Moises Perels in Kongisburg title page, top, ink, handwritten : 109 / Hebrew script

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