Ewa Frenkel collection

Identifier: irn514837
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514837

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Ewa Frenkel.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a photograph of Herman Frenkel wearing a Polish Army uniform, two pieces of scrip from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, and a coin from the ghetto in Stryj (Stryi), Ukraine.

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Photograph of Herman Frenkel
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514838
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The photograph depicts Herman Frenkel donor's husband wearing a Polish Army uniform with battle decorations affixed.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark coin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514839
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
5 mark coin issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1940; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip and tokens were designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killin...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514840
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
1 (eine) mark receipt issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in May 1940. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or kill...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514841
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
1 (eine) mark receipt issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in May 1940. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or kill...

Ewa Frenkel collection

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Photograph of Herman Frenkel

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark coin

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note