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Humiliation and Abuse: Artifacts made from Desecrated Torah Scrolls

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The letter sent by a Nazi party member to the owners of a leather goods factory offering parchment as raw material. Attached is a snipped piece of a Torah scroll as a sample
The letter sent by a Nazi party member to the owners of a leather goods factory offering parchment as raw material. Attached is a snipped piece of a Torah scroll as a sample

The letter sent by a Nazi party member to the owners of a leather goods factory offering parchment as raw material. Attached is a snipped piece of a Torah scroll as a sample
A handbag made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
A handbag made from the parchment of a Torah scroll

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Dr. M. Kowalski, San Francisco, USA

A handbag made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
Toy drum made from the parchment of a desecrated Torah scroll
Toy drum made from the parchment of a desecrated Torah scroll

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection.
Gift of Esther Sprung, Ramat Gan

Toy drum made from the parchment of a desecrated Torah scroll
Insoles cut from the parchment of a Torah scroll found in the shoes of a German officer in Italy
Insoles cut from the parchment of a Torah scroll found in the shoes of a German officer in Italy

Remarkably, one of the insoles is cut from the portion of the text quoting the Ten Commandments.

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection, Gift of Yeshaya Taub, Victoria, Australia

Insoles cut from the parchment of a Torah scroll found in the shoes of a German officer in Italy
A wallet made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
A wallet made from the parchment of a Torah scroll

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Dr. Lazlo Hermann, Gheorgheni, Romania

A wallet made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
The letter sent by a Nazi party member to the owners of a leather goods factory offering parchment as raw material. Attached is a snipped piece of a Torah scroll as a sample
The letter sent by a Nazi party member to the owners of a leather goods factory offering parchment as raw material. Attached is a snipped piece of a Torah scroll as a sample
A handbag made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
A handbag made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
Toy drum made from the parchment of a desecrated Torah scroll
Toy drum made from the parchment of a desecrated Torah scroll
Insoles cut from the parchment of a Torah scroll found in the shoes of a German officer in Italy
Insoles cut from the parchment of a Torah scroll found in the shoes of a German officer in Italy
A wallet made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
A wallet made from the parchment of a Torah scroll
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