Occupation and administration decrees from the Jewish Museum in Prague

Identifier
irn502895
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0098
  • RG-03.004.01
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Czech
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502895

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

Jewish Museum in Prague

Acquisition

The documents were created by the Jewish communities of Prague and Slaný and by German occupation agencies in Hungary during World War II. The photographs were made from originals stored at the Židovské muzeum v Praze (Jewish Museum in Prague) and were used by Todd Brewster for an article in "Life" magazine and later donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs of decrees and public notices issued by the Jewish communities of Prague and Slaný, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), and German occupation agencies from 1940 to 1942. The decrees concern persecution of Jews in Prague and Slaný, the regulation of communication by mail between Jews and their family members in Terezin, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), the confiscation of Jewish property, and the regulation of contact between Jews and Aryans.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Jewish Museum in Prague

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jewish communities (ushmm)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Jews--Czech Republic--Prague.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Czechoslovakia.
  • Slaný (Czech Republic)
  • Jews--Czech Republic--Slaný.
  • Jewish property.

Genre

  • Document
  • Decrees.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Židovské muzeum v Praze

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Jewish Museum in Prague