Tallit
Creator(s)
- Ignatz Kohn (Subject)
Archival History
The tallit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Regina de Hassan.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Regina Schwarz de Hassan
Scope and Content
A Jewish prayer shawl owned by a victim of the Holocaust and kept by a friend as a remembrance. When the Nazis came to deport him, the owner of the talit gave it to his best friend, Ignatz Kohn, "until he'll come back." The man never returned and Ignatz kept it until 1954 when he gave it to Regina Schwarz to keep in remembrance of unknown Jews..
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Genre
- Object
- Jewish Art and Symbolism
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