Book

Identifier
irn530440
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.365.11
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1933
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Archival History

The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Kurt Goldsmith.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kurt R. Goldsmith in memory of his father, Kenneth Kurt Rosenbaum Goldsmith, and his grandparents, Frieda and Siegfried Rosenbaum

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Jewish prayer book, Hours of Worhsip, taken by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum when he was sent by his parents on Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939. Kurt eventually traveled to Portland, OR, and was adopted by the Goldsmith family. In September 1945, he was drafted into the US Army and sent to Okinawa, Japan.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

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