Mishloach Manot… 5701

Identifier
irn722723
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.333.2
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Philip and Janet Levin Foundation Family Fund.

Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020. The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by The Philip and Janet Levin Foundation Family Fund.

Scope and Content

"Mishloach Manot… 5701" (Hebrew), a handwritten booklet made for the festival of Purim and presented to the head of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. [Lodz], 1941. The booklet, presumably made by a resident of the Lodz Ghetto, contains several word plays in the spirit of Purim: the author's name (Ya'akov Brickman) encoded within a verse written on the title page; seven blessings arranged in the form of a star of David; an acrostic poem with the first letters of the lines spelling the Hebrew name "Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski". An inscription on the title page reads "From the yeshiva students, [?]irska 43/45." [4] leaves (two sheets folded in half, stapled to form a booklet). Approx. 30.5 cm.

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