The collection. called Danzig 1939: Treasures of a Destroyed Community. has a very interesting history. It takes place in Danzig during the 1930s. when the Nazis were in power. By the end of the decade thousands of members of the Jewish community had emigrated. At that point. realizing the terror that would come to them. the remaining Danzig Jews met for the last time in the great synagogue and voted to sell their combined treasures of ceremonial objects to help finance the emigration of their poor. For this purpose they put together the collection that is being exhibited at the Harvard Semitic Museum. They sent the crates to New York. agreeing with a group there that if the city of Danzig existed in 15 years. they would ship back the cherished collection.
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