Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman collection

Identifier: irn512822
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 1998 by Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs, identification cards, a coupon, a wedding invitation, and a coin relating to the Flajszman and Kolczycki families in Łódź, Poland, before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512823
- English
- 1920-1950
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of thirteen photographs, three identification cards, a coupon, and a wedding invitation relating to the Flajszman and Kolczycki families in Łódź, Poland, before and during the Holocaust.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512824
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
10 mark coin issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1940; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip and tokens were designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killi...
Photograph of fence construction around the Łódź ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512829
- English
- 1940
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The photographic depicts Zgierska Street and the construction of the fence surrounding the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, a short time before the sealing of the ghetto. Zgierska Street was renamed by the Germans to Hohensteinstrasse. The wall visible on the right in the photograph surrounded a Catholic church,"Wniebow stapienia Najswietzej Panny Marii," on 1 Plac Koscielny which was included in the ghetto. German authorities maintained a warehouse of property,"Federn und Daunen Sortieranstalt," confiscated from Jews deported to the Chelmno death camp. The driver of the carriage in the photograph...

Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman collection

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Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman papers

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin

Photograph of fence construction around the Łódź ghetto