Gift of Carol Biermann

Id no. 1090.98, Textile

circa 1944, Terezin, Theresienstadt, Bohemia

Subject(s):  Defiance-religious and cultural, Ritual, Children, Bar mitzvah

Religious observances, forbidden in the Terezin Ghetto, were often held in secret. This yamulke (head covering) was made for Ludwig Biermann to wear at his bar mitzvah.