Pessach-Buch
Not on view
Date1946
Mediumbook
Dimensionsclosed: 8 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.
ClassificationsBook
Credit LineGift of Tina Scop
Object number2394.89
Object DescriptionPessach-Buch, 5706-1946, Zum ersten Befreiungs-und Fruhlingsfest der Uberreste Israels in Europa. Text with illustrations. Front cover in blue and red, scrolls with flames in background, back cover has Jewish star, 255 pages, hard cover. Haggadah and Passover anthology, illustrated, 255 pages. Edited by Israel Blumenfeld, published by Juedische Rundschau "by and for liberated Jews in Germany." Printed in US zone, Marburg, Germany. Illustration on cover of sroll and parchment and book in flames with text in German [a translation from Hebrew]: "The parchment [scroll] is burned but its letter are flying up [to Heaven]. Source of quote is midrash relating to destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.Collections
- Judaica
- Jewish Holidays
Keywords
- German
- Passover
- Ritual
- DP camps
- Marburg
