by DJHS Archivist | Jul 7, 2020 | From the Archive |
This wooden bowl with decorative painted flowers looks to be a souvenir from Landsberg Germany. Landsberg is home to the prison which once imprisoned Adolf Hitler after the failed Munich Beer Hall Putsch. He was imprisoned in 1924 and served less than a half a year in the prison. “Hitler also famously used his time of incarceration in Landsberg to write his book, ‘Mein Kampf’ one of the major pieces of propaganda that would push Germans towards the Nazi party.”
Sources indicate, “after WWII the US Army took over and Landsberg Prison became War Criminal Prison No. 1, the main holding cell for captured Nazis. Over a five year period between 1945 and 1950 over 278 Nazi’s were executed at the prison for their crimes against humanity.”
The Kaufering Concentration Camp located in Landsberg was a subcamp of Dachau. It is the only privately owned concentration camp site in Germany. In 2018, the mayor of Landsberg, Mathias Neuner, stated that a permanent historical exhibition was in the works.
Sources:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/landsberg-prison-where-hitler-wrote-mein-kampf
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/kaufering
https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/german-town-where-nothing-happened-confronts-nazi-past-landsberg-am-lech-1.468210
by DJHS Archivist | Jul 2, 2020 | From the Archive |
This first place creative contest ribbon given out by the Temple Emanu-El sisterhood on October 15, 1974, was given to Helen Loeb for her knitting. In 1974, the president of the Temple Emanu-El WRJ/Sisterhood was Janie Rosenthal. The sisterhood has been involved with crafts since 1920 when a newly purchased organ was bought, they paid it off selling their own hand-made goods. This women’s society began back in 1886 at Temple Emanu-El. They state “Community service began with visits to the sick and needy as well as assistance to Jewish immigrants settling in Dallas.” While the Sisterhood isn’t meeting in person during the Coronavirus, they keep up with one another virtually, this includes wellness events, socials, and book clubs.
From the May Sebel Collection
by DJHS Archivist | Jun 30, 2020 | From the Archive |
In 1946 the Texas State Fair reopened, or as they called it then the “Victory Fair.” The fair was closed from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II, and the shortages of rubber affected the transportation of exhibitions. In the September 29, 1945 Billboard Magazine, they announced the Victory Fair, and that it was planning a $700,000 improvement program, approved by the State Fair Association directors. They also planned on replacing the automobile building which had been destroyed by a fire in 1941, with a “modern exhibit building.” When the fair reopened in 1946 one of the sideshows included a man, “Scotty Scott,” who was buried alive in a casket 6 feet underground; for the length of the State Fair, 5 ½ months.
From the Fannie Schwartz Collection
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2011/10/03/fair-flashback-when-there-was-no-state-fair-early-1940s/
https://flashbackdallas.com/2019/10/30/buried-alive-at-the-fair-park-midway-1946/
https://books.google.com/books?id=oBgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT57&lpg=PT57&dq=1946+victory+fair&source=bl&ots=-FpZQ1mSlh&sig=ACfU3U2CMX7A5KO94rtFFLQhoZ5veyoS5A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXw9XQr4nqAhUQTawKHcBJAxQQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=1946%20victory%20fair&f=false
by DJHS Archivist | Jun 25, 2020 | From the Archive |
This is a gold Star of Deborah which is an individual award given out by the B’nai B’rith Girls or BBG organization. There is criteria and a point system in place to receive this honor. It includes earning 400 points, advisor approval, an essay, and the recruitment of 3 new members.
From the Luterman Family Collection.
by DJHS Archivist | Jun 23, 2020 | From the Archive |
Meyer J. Rachofsky was the Vice President of Mercantile National Bank. Mr. Rachofsky was also the treasurer of Golden Acres, as seen in the October 17, 1957 Texas Jewish Post Newspaper.
The Mercantile National Bank is well known for its iconic building located on Main Street in Downtown Dallas. The building was completed in 1943, and it was the only major skyscraper built during World War II. It was also the tallest building west of the Mississippi River for over a decade. The building, now called The Merc, is currently home to many people as it was converted into an apartment building.
From the Morton Rachofsky Collection
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755520/m1/4/?q=Meyer%20J.%20Rachofsky
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