Gift of Iser Volkhovitser in memory of Perl Volkhovitser

Id no. 2004.A.139, Judaica

Ukraine, Chechelnik

Subject(s):  Passover, Defiance-religious and cultural, Ritual

Berl and Lota Landau brought this silver kiddush cup to the Chechelnik Ghetto in Ukraine after their deportation from Bukovina. The cup was used for celebrating Passover in the ghetto with the Volkhovitser family. The Landaus gave the cup to Perl Volkhovitser as a gift after the war.