Donald H. Harter family collection

Identifier: irn520030
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520030

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Museum in 2004 by Dr. Donald H. Harter, the son of Harry and Lenore Hirschberg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a megillah and a print relating to the experiences of Harry and Lenore Hirschberg and their children who left Nazi Germany for the United States in 1938.

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Megillah (Book of Esther) from the former Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515587
- English
- overall: Height: 21.875 inches (55.563 cm) | Width: 78.125 inches (198.437 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Megillah (Book of Esther) from the former synagogue in Zülz, Germany (now Biała Prudnicka, Poland). The synagogue burned down on November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht. The handwritten scroll tells the Biblical story of Esther, a Queen of Persia, who saved the Jewish people from a massacre planned by an advisor to the King. The story is read aloud on the Jewish holiday of Purim. Historically, the town of Zülz had a large Jewish population, and a sizeable brick synagogue was built in 1774, after the previous one burned down. The new synagogue was one of the largest in Germany at the time of ...
Print of the Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515589
- English
- overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Woodcut print of the Zülz synagogue made by artist Rudolf Kraft (formerly Kramarczyk, 1885-1945), and owned by the Hirschberg (later Harter) family, German Jewish refugees. The synagogue was located in the town of Zülz and built in 1774, after the previous one had burned down. At the time of construction, the new synagogue was one of the largest in Germany. However, the Jewish population began to decline, and by World War I (1914-1918) there were only a few Jews left in Zülz. The Hirschberg (later Harter) family included Harry, his wife Lenore, and children, Donald and Dorothy. They lived i...

Donald H. Harter family collection

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Megillah (Book of Esther) from the former Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees

Print of the Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees