Three tiered plate enclosed by curtain, surmounted by six figures supporting various forms of vessels for ritual foods within cut out balustrade flanked by perched eagles.
This mantle is an example of the portal motif. The use of this motif began in the seventeenth century and was used until the twentieth century. The motif was adapted from Muslim iconography.
Originally a wrapper (called a Bogo), part of Kavesera, the set of luxurious bed-cover and pillows for wedding and childbirth bed, decorated with metal thread embroidery.
These burial garments were made by a bride for her husband and herself after a local tradition
The maker of these garments, Melanie Cahen Levy, was born in Luxembourg in 1884. In 1911 she married Daniel Levy, a baker from the nearby town of Bollendorf, Germany.
This is the wimpel of Joseph Wile, one of nine wimpels of the Wile family in the Spertus collection
A wimpel is a Torah binder formed from cloth wrapped around a male infant during the circumcision ceremony. The cloth is cut into four parts and stitched together to create one long banner.
This prisoner's uniform from Auschwitz is a tragic reminder of the cruelty and inhumanity of the Nazi concentration camps, where prisoners who were not immediately murdered endured the most extreme suffering and humiliation.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the death site of approximately 1.1 million people.
