Lot 271
Parochet and Kaporet Commemorating Those who Perished in the Holocaust – Głuszyca (Poland), 1946
Parochet (Torah Ark curtain) and Kaporet (smaller upper curtain) with an embroidered dedication, commemorating those who perished at Treblinka and Auschwitz. Głuszyca, Poland, September 1946.
1. Parochet. Embroidered Hebrew dedication reads: "In commemoration of the souls of our dear parents, Shalom ben Rebbe Moshe Michael [and] Esther Sheindel daughter of Rebbe Elhanan, and our brother Michael ben Rebbe Shalom, murdered for kiddush hashem [for being Jewish] at Treblinka and Auschwitz, Chaim Edelman, Rachel Leah Weigensberg with her husband Shlomo. Głuszyca, 1 Tishrei 5707".
140X122 cm. Loops for hanging on upper part. Good overall condition. Creases and some stains. Tears to upper part, around the metal loops.
2. Kaporet. In the middle is an embroidered Star of David with the word “Zion” inside it, beneath it is an embroidered rising sun. Fringes. 33X120 cm. Loops for hanging on upper part. Good overall condition. Some fraying of embroidery. Tears to upper part, around the metal loops.
The town of Głuszyca is today in southwest Poland, near the Czech border. Until 1945 the area was occupied by Germany and called by the German name of Wüstegiersdorf. An independent concentration camp operated there beginning in May 1941, not far from the Gross-Rosen Camp. After the war, in the years 1946-1950, several hundred Jews - Holocaust survivors - lived in Głuszyca (for additional information, see enclosed material).
