Narratives of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt for the first two evenings of the Passover holiday Hagadah

Identifier
irn736818
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.336.3
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1930
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Helen Hanau, whose father, Heinz Hanau, was Lieselotte Bohm's first cousin.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Helen Hanau

Scope and Content

Pre-war hagadah that belonged to Heinz Hanau, the donor's father and Lieselotte Bohm's first cousin. The hagadah was published by Josef Belf in Vienna, Austria, in 1930. It is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Lieselotte Bohm and her extended family in Germany, France, and Czechoslovakia before, during, and after the war. Lieselotte was born in Germany to a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father. Lieselotte and her mother were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Both mother and daughter survived. Heinz was born in Germany, and went into hiding underground in France during the war. At one point, he fought for the French Foreign Legion.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

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Genre

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