Narratives of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt for the first two evenings of the Passover holiday Hagadah
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
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Germany
- Czechoslovakia
- France
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object