Marvin Benn collection

Identifier: irn520541
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Marvin Benn.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to Jewish life in Poland before and during the Holocaust.

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Marvin Benn papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517365
- English
- 1920-1942
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of identification cards that belonged to Jewish families in Poland during the Holocaust.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517367
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.748 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
- irn517368
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 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...

Marvin Benn collection

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Marvin Benn papers

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note