Gisela E. Zamora collection

Identifier: irn521901
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521901

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Gisela Eckstein Zamora, the wife of Joseph Zamora.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of tefillin and tefillin storage bag relating to the experiences of Josef and Marcus Zamojre, originally from Germany, while living in hiding in Italy during the Holocaust.

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Set of tefillin buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515327
- English
- a: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pair of tefillin buried for safekeeping by Marcus and Josef Zamojre while living in hiding in Taglio-di-Po, Italy. The tefillin, which had belonged to Marcus, were recovered by Josef after the war. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. In December 1940, Josef and Marcus fled from Frankfurt in Nazi Germany, to Graz on the Austrian-Yugoslav border. After several failed attempts to cross the border, they reached Zagreb in March 1941. In April, Germany invaded Yugoslavia and, in July, Josef and Marcus escaped to Italian occupied Ljublj...
Tefillin storage pouch buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515328
- English
- overall: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Tefillin storage bag buried for safekeeping by Marcus and Josef Zamojre while living in hiding in Taglio-di-Po, Italy. The pouch and tefillin, which had belonged to Marcus, were recovered by Josef after the war. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. In December 1940, Josef and Marcus fled from Frankfurt in Nazi Germany, to Graz on the Austrian-Yugoslavian border. After several failed attempts to cross the border, they arrived in Zagreb in March 1941. In April, Germany invaded Yugoslavia and, in July, Josef and Marcus escaped to Ita...

Gisela E. Zamora collection

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Set of tefillin buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar

Tefillin storage pouch buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar