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  4. Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp

Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp

Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp
Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Courtesy of Meir Muhlbaum, Herzliya, Israel

Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp
Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp
Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Courtesy of Meir Muhlbaum, Herzliya, Israel

Tefillin (phylacteries) that Meir Muhlbaum received in the Westerbork camp on the occasion of his barmitzvah, from a prisoner who was to be deported to an extermination camp
Meir Muhlbaum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, circa 1937
Meir Muhlbaum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, circa 1937

Meir Muhlbaum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, circa 1937
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