Desecrated Torah Scrolls

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States

These Torah scrolls, from synagogues in Vienna and Marburg, were desecrated during Kristallnacht. The Torah (books of Moses) is the foundation of Jewish religious faith. The scrolls here were retrieved by German individuals and safeguarded until after the war.

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