Adler family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn549461
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Prayer book, Ünnepi Imádságok, owned by Otto Adler’s mother, Serena Fell Adler, and found in a drawer of the Adler family’s confiscated furniture in Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in 1946. A policeman named Grigore Patrascoiu helped Otto and his father, Mihail, find the furniture, which had been stored in the storage shed of a high-ranking Hungarian official. Prior to World War II, Hungary’s alliance with Nazi Germany enabled it to regain previously lost territory. Hungary annexed the northern half of Transylvania, and Cluj, Romania, became Kolozsvár, Hungary. Following the ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn549462
• English
• 1946
• a: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) c: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

A pair of tefillin and pouch, owned by Mihail Adler, and found in a drawer of the Adler family’s confiscated furniture in Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in 1946. A policeman named Grigore Patrascoiu helped Mihail and his son, Otto, find the furniture, which had been stored in the storage shed of a high-ranking Hungarian official. Prior to World War II, Hungary’s alliance with Nazi Germany enabled it to regain previously lost territory. Hungary annexed the northern half of Transylvania, and Cluj, Romania, became Kolozsvár, Hungary. Following the German occupation of Hungary i...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn677672
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Prayer book, Ünnepi Imádságok, owned by Otto Adler’s mother, Serena Fell Adler, and found in a drawer of the Adler family’s confiscated furniture in Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in 1946. A policeman named Grigore Patrascoiu helped Otto and his father, Mihail, find the furniture, which had been stored in the storage shed of a high-ranking Hungarian official. Prior to World War II, Hungary’s alliance with Nazi Germany enabled it to regain previously lost territory. Hungary annexed the northern half of Transylvania, and Cluj, Romania, became Kolozsvár, Hungary. Following the ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn677673
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Prayer book, Ünnepi Imádságok, owned by Otto Adler’s mother, Serena Fell Adler, and found in a drawer of the Adler family’s confiscated furniture in Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in 1946. A policeman named Grigore Patrascoiu helped Otto and his father, Mihail, find the furniture, which had been stored in the storage shed of a high-ranking Hungarian official. Prior to World War II, Hungary’s alliance with Nazi Germany enabled it to regain previously lost territory. Hungary annexed the northern half of Transylvania, and Cluj, Romania, became Kolozsvár, Hungary. Following the ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn677674
• English
• 1946
• a: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) b: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) c: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

A pair of tefillin and pouch inherited by Otto Adler from his grandfather, Nuham Adler, and found in a drawer of the Adler family’s confiscated furniture in Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in 1946. A policeman named Grigore Patrascoiu helped Otto and his father, Mihail, find the furniture, which had been stored in the storage shed of a high-ranking Hungarian official. Prior to World War II, Hungary’s alliance with Nazi Germany enabled it to regain previously lost territory. Hungary annexed the northern half of Transylvania, and Cluj, Romania, became Kolozsvár, Hungary. Follow...