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A creased black and white photograph of a group of people from which one person has been cut out Five Points of Entry: Judy Lachman's Group Photo from August 1942 Tahel Rachel Goldsmith Article
Greta Perlman's bracelet, featuring many pendants of different sizes Objects of Witness: Holocaust Jewelry Constructed in Camps and Ghettos Audrey Kim Article
Lilly Lax Wedding Dress, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Wedding Dresses: Soft Landings, a Ritual Garment, and the Promises and Perils of Life After Laura S. Levitt Article
Tallit Katan Inaccessible Objects: Armin Loeb’s Tallit Katan at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Yaniv Feller Article
Photographs of Mezuzah “trace” covered with sticker, Paris (left) and the mezuzah relocated inside the family’s apartment (right) Patrick Zachmann, Left: Mezuzah “Trace” Covered with Sticker, Paris. Right: The Mezuzah Relocated Inside the Family’s Apartment Material Objects
Photograph of Aleksander Prugar & Helena Czernek, New mezuzah cast from the mezuzah trace at 8 Ciepła in Białystok, Poland, on white background. Aleksander Prugar and Helena Czernek (Mi Polin), New Mezuzah Cast from the Mezuzah Trace at 8 Ciepła in Białystok Material Objects
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Store Shelf with Replicas of the "Meed" Mezuzah for Sale. Above the replicas the store offers a “kosher scroll” (klaf) for insertion into the mezuzah. Replicas of the "Meed" Mezuzah for Sale at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Store Material Objects
Photograph of "Commemorative Mezuzah" in brass and red enamel offered for sale at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum online store (screenshot from the website). Commemorative Mezuzah Material Objects
The “Meed” mezuzah, mounted on a brick wall, on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Photograph by Oren Baruch Stier The "Meed" Mezuzah Material Objects
Cover Page of Beatrice Muchman’s missal and mass card Sacred in Function, Sacred in Memory: A Rosary and Missal from the Holocaust Robert M. Ehrenreich, Suzy Snyder, and Jane E. Klinger Article
screenshot of Beatrice Muchman from the recorded interview A Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Beatrice Muchmann Interviewed by Suzy Snyder Article
Photo of an open page in Pál Szegö's diary Two Layers of Text, Many Layers of Meaning: The Materiality of the Pál Szegö Diary Emily Klein Article