Tefillin
Not on view
Dimensionsoverall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 in
ClassificationsJudaica
Credit LineGift of Miriam Novitch, Yaffa Eliach Collection donated by the Center for Holocaust Studies
Object number5062.80
Object DescriptionOne tefillin (phylactery). On label found in box together with smaller tefillin. These tefillin were found in a transit camp in Mantova [Mantua], Italy. They were left behind in an attic after a deportation to Auschwitz, 1944.Collections
- Judaica
Keywords
- Defiance-religious and cultural
- Tefillin
- Camps
- Ritual
- Prayer
- Mantua
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