Shlomo Flam collection

Identifier: irn85601
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85601

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Gila Flam, daughter of Shlomo Flam.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of one Litzmannstadt ghetto scrip and a public notice relating to the administration and history of the Jewish ghetto in Łódź (Litzmannstadt) in German occupied Poland.

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Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn20685
- English
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
50 (funfzig) 20 (zwanzig) mark receipt issued in the Łódź ghetto in German occupied Poland beginning in May 1940 until the ghetto was liquidated in summer 1944. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and occupied Łódź one week later. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, by February 1940, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population of 160,000 into a small, sealed ghetto. All residents had to work and many were forced laborers in ghetto factories. Residents were forbidden to have German currency, and the Jewish Council was ordered to create a system of Quittungen [rec...
Announcement suspending postal service in the Łódź ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn20686
- English
- overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Notification of a postal ban issued in the Łódź ghetto in German occupied Poland by Mordecai Rumkowski, head of the Jewish Council that administered the Ghetto for the Germans. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and occupied Łódź one week later. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, by February 1940, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population of 160,000 into a small, sealed ghetto. All residents had to work and many were forced laborers in ghetto factories. Residents. Living conditions were horrendous; the overcrowding and lack of food caused widespread disease ...

Shlomo Flam collection

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Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 mark note

Announcement suspending postal service in the Łódź ghetto