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1941, GHETTO LITMANNSTADT 1941 ALUMINIUM TAG. REAR STAMPED 'GEMELDET / POL BATL 20'. and LITZMANNSTADT GHETTO. 1943, HANDMADE BRASS MIZRACH. (ESTT). For Eastern European Jwes, Jerusalem was to the East, so the Mizrach was affixed to the Eastern well of the house or shul, thereforeindication the direction for prayer. In South Africa, the direction of Jerusalem is Noirth-East, but still it is called e Mizrach.
