Jack Ratz collection

Identifier: irn50916
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50916

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Jack Ratz. This is an accretion to an earlier donation in 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a HIAS pin, a ring made from a ring, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Isaak Racs during the Holocaust in Riga, Latvia, and Lenta, Stutthof, Burggraben, and Goddentow concentration camps, and after the Holocaust in Landsberg, Germany. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Jack Ratz papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn500326
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains typescript extracts of a memoir entitled "The Silent Witness and His Partner," which relates to the donor's experiences in Riva, Latvia during the Holocaust. Also includes three poems in Yiddish: "Yarmulke," "Stuthoff KZ," and "Living through Hell."
Jack Ratz photograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86181
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains a photograph of Isaak Ratz taken in September 1945, in Landsberg am Lech
Blue and silver HIAS pin worn by a Jewish Latvian youth postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86182
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
HIAS badge worn by 19 year old Isaak Racs (later Jack Ratz) during his October 1947 journey from Bremen to the United States. On July 1, 1941, Germany invaded Latvia. That summer, Isaak was forced into the Riga ghetto with his parents, Moses and Tema, and three younger brothers, Rafael, Chona, and Aron. On December 8, his mother and brothers were executed during the liquidation of the ghetto. Isaak and his father were forced laborers in the small ghetto, until they were sent to Lenta labor camp in 1943. Around August 1944, Isaak and Moses were sent to Stutthof concentration camp. In October...
Engraved ring made from a spoon for a Jewish Latvian boy in Riga ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86183
- English
- 1942-1945
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver ring made from a spoon for 14 year old Isaak Racs (later Jack Ratz) in Riga ghetto and worn in several concentration camps. Following a mass execution in the ghetto, a jeweler offered to make commemorative jewelry for anyone who could bring him silver. Isaak brought him a silver spoon and had the ring engraved with his Hebrew initials and the date his mother and three younger brothers were murdered. Latvia was invaded by Nazi Germany on July 1, 1941. That summer, Isaak was forced into the Jewish ghetto with his parents, Moses and Tema, and three younger brothers, Rafael, Chona, and A...

Jack Ratz collection

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Jack Ratz papers

Jack Ratz photograph

Blue and silver HIAS pin worn by a Jewish Latvian youth postwar

Engraved ring made from a spoon for a Jewish Latvian boy in Riga ghetto