Iris Avni-Menzer family collection

Identifier: irn522035
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522035

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Iris Herta Avni-Menzer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of tefillin with storage pouch and photographs relating to the experiences of Herta (Iris) Menzer and the Menzer and Steiner families in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, and the surrounding region during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Iris Avni papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521734
- English
- folder oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection primarily consists of pre-war photographs of the Menzer, Lamm, and Schlesinger families in Bratislava and Nitra, Novaky labor camp during the Holocaust, and survivors of the Holocaust in Nitra, Czechoslovakia. Also includes 1 memorial Yizkor list of Leopold and Rosa Menczer, Iris Avni's (Herta Menzer) paternal grandparents.
Menzer and Steiner family photograph collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522160
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of three photographs of members of the Menzer and Steiner families from Nitra, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) who were killed in 1942.
Tefillin set hidden and recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522161
- English
- a: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) b: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Set of tefillin used by Eduard Menzer, hidden and then recovered after the war by his wife, Aurelia. Tefillin are small boxes with leather straps used by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. The family was living in hiding in the Tatra mountains when, on December 13, 1944, German soldiers burst into the hut where Eduard was saying morning prayers. They yanked off his tallit and tefillin, threw them to the ground, and arrested Eduard. His wife, Aurelia, and daughters had run off, but later returned for the tefillin and pouch. They moved to another hiding place where Aurelia hid the ...
Green striped sateen tefillin pouch hidden and recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522162
- English
- overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Green sateen bag used to store tefillin by Eduard Menzer, hidden and then recovered after the war by his wife, Aurelia. Tefillin are small boxes with leather straps used by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. The family was living in hiding in the Tatra mountains when, on December 13, 1944, German soldiers burst into the hut where Eduard was saying morning prayers. They yanked off his tallit and tefillin, threw them to the ground, and arrested Eduard. His wife, Aurelia, and daughters had run off, but later returned for the tefillin and pouch. They moved to another hiding place whe...

Iris Avni-Menzer family collection

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Iris Avni papers

Menzer and Steiner family photograph collection

Tefillin set hidden and recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish family

Green striped sateen tefillin pouch hidden and recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish family