Sign for the Main Purchasing Agency of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
Archival History
The Lodz Ghetto sign was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Hal and Robyn Klein.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hal and Robyn Klein
Scope and Content
Sign posted by the Main Purchasing Agency of the Łódź Ghetto Jewish Council in German occupied Poland. This agency was a German institution established to facilitate the mass deportations to Chelmno killing center in 1942. The deportees were encouraged to exchange their valuable possessions for ghetto scrip. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
White enameled metal sign with black German text.
front, black paint : Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt / Zentral-Einkaufsstelle [The Elders of the Jews in Litzmannstad /Main Purchasing Agency]
Genre
- Object
- Information Forms