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Saved in World War 2: By Bosnian Muslims
Monetary value: Undetermined
Insured for: $7 million

Sarajevo Haggadah
Sarajevo Haggadah
Sarajevo Haggadah

The Sarajevo Haggadah is an illuminated manuscript that contains the illustrated traditional text of the Passover Haggadah which accompanies the Passover Seder.

It is one of the oldest Sephardic Haggadahs in the world, originating in Barcelona around 1350.

Historians believe that it was taken out of Spain by Spanish Jews who were expelled by the Alhambra Decree in 1492. Notes in the margins of the Haggadah indicate that it surfaced in Italy in the 16th century. It was sold to the National Museum in Sarajevo in 1894 by a man named Joseph Kohen.