Torah ornaments

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

[Prior to 1945] (indexed as 1945)

Level

item

Extent

Torah ornaments : Cut : Silver ; Ht: 4,5 in. x W: 3 in.

Scope & content

Shield has curved sides that meet at a narrowed rounded bottom, with a raised point at mid-point of top edge. It is hooked to the crown, which has 3 rounded humps, the middle one narrower than the others, and a flat bottom edge. The pieces are connected via the bottom edge of the crown and the top edge of the shield. Crown has a hook on top of the central hump . Both pieces have shiny raised lettering in Hebrew on a darker, rough background. Plaque is rectangular and shiny, with darker Hebrew script. The Hebrew word for Tuesday is written on the plaque. Bell is concave, flares outward at bottom. Bottom edge of bell is ridged, small metal hook on top. Narrative: These ornaments were donated by Mr. and Mrs. H. Chobocky in memory of their uncle Jan Roudnicky, who was murdered in the Holocaust. Jan Roudnicky, born in 1895, was deported from Kolin, Bohemia to Theresienstadt on June 9, 1942, and then to Auschwitz Birkenau on September 28, 1944. These objects were found in a cemetery after the war by a cousin of the donors.

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Genre / form

object

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CrownJewish CommunityJudaismOrnamentReligious ArtReligious CeremonyStatueSynagogueTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

שליששלישיcjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

Hebrew

Harvested

2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

Digital objects at the source

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