Auschwitz - Confiscated Prayer Shawls
When religious Jews arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, their prayer shawls (referred to as tallesim, tallitot) were confiscated. When the Red Army liberated the death camp, in January of 1945, troops found these shawls in an Auschwitz warehouse.
CreditsImage online, courtesy Polish Archives at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
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