Dash family collection

Identifier: irn594863
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 2018 by Allison Nazarian, the daughter of Lilly Dash and granddaughter of Paula and Sol Dash.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of scrip, copy prints, documents, ID cards, and photographs relating to the experiences of Paula and Sol Dash and their daughter Lilly in Poland and Germany, during and after the Holocaust.

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Dash family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn595263
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of photos, copy prints, ID cards, a speech and documents relating to the experiences of Holocaust survivors Paula and Sol Dash (donor's grandparents) and their daughter Lilly (donor's mother).
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note issued to a Polish Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn595266
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Łódź 5 mark ghetto scrip note acquired by Paula Dash, while she was forced to live in the Łódź ghetto from 1940-1944. The scrip was issued in the German-controlled ghetto from July of 1940 to its liquidation in the fall of 1944. Valuables and currency were forcibly exchanged for the scrip and it was used as modest payment for forced laborers, though it was valueless outside the ghetto. Paula was living in Łódź, Poland, with her family when Germany invaded on September 1, 1939. A week later, German forces occupied the city and quickly established an enclosed Jewish ghetto where Paula, her pa...

Dash family collection

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Dash family papers

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note issued to a Polish Jewish woman