CHAPTER 41––Museum Pieces In 1941 (1904)
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
In 1944, on the seventy-third anniversary of Felix’s birth, she bequeathed the Gothic structure that her father feared would precipitate Manhattan pogroms to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America for its Jewish Museum. It was a logical recipient, Felix having served as a director and founder of the museum in 1904. In a Music Room ceremony, Frieda, her voice thickening with emotion, handed the deed over to Rabbi Louis Finkelstein.
chapter: 41 - Museum Pieces