Prayer book, Haggadah shel pesach, owned by Inge Rosenthal Glass
Archival History
The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Ronald Glass and Marion Glass Hirschmann, the children of Inge Glass.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Ronald Glass and Marion Hirschmann
Scope and Content
Prayer book, Haggadah shel pesach, owned by Inge Rosenthal (later Glass) and brought to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) when her family immigrated there in the late 1930s. The book was published by J. Kauffmann in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1890. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Inge Glass (nee Rosenthal), her parents Bernhard and Hedwig Rosenthal (nee Bauer) and her brother Walter Rosenthal in Germany, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and South Africa before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection also includes documents, a cookbook, and Hebrew and German prayer books: a machzor, siddur, and two haggadot.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Hebrew-language prayer book with 63 pages. The owner's name is written inside the cover.
front cover, inside, handwritten : Hagada für Inge Rosenthal [Haggadah for Inge Rosenthal] back cover, inside, handwritten : B. Rosenthal
Corporate Bodies
- Wizo
Subjects
- Limburg (Germany : Landkreis)
- Emigration and immigration.
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
- Jewish refugees.
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials