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Łódź ghetto scrip, 2 mark note, in 3 pieces acquired by Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521953
- English
- a: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) b: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) c: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto scrip, receipt value of 2 (zwei) marks acquired by Edgar Gaerber, possibly when his family moved to Łódź in 1945. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In...
Łódź ghetto scrip, 2 mark note, acquired by Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521954
- English
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto scrip, receipt value of 2 (zwei) marks acquired by Edgar Gaerber, possibly when his family moved to Łódź in 1945. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin acquired by Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521955
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Łódź Ghetto 10 mark coin token acquired by Edgar Gaerber, possibly when his family moved to Łódź in 1945. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In March 1942, the Germans began mass ...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin acquired by Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521956
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Łódź Ghetto 10 mark coin token acquired by Edgar Gaerber, possibly when his family moved to Łódź in 1945. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In March 1942, the Germans began mass ...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark coin acquired by Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521957
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Łódź Ghetto 5 mark coin token acquired by Edgar Gaerber, possibly when his family moved to Łódź in 1945. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In March 1942, the Germans began mass d...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark coin acquired by Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521958
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Łódź Ghetto 5 mark coin token acquired by Edgar Gaerber, possibly when his family moved to Łódź in 1945. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In March 1942, the Germans began mass d...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark coin acquired by Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521959
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Łódź Ghetto 5 mark coin token acquired by Edgar Gaerber, possibly when his family moved to Łódź in 1945. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In March 1942, the Germans began mass d...
Calendar with cover of a Jew leading a Bolshevik monkey
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521960
- English
- 1943
- Updated 8 months ago
Antisemitic calendar with a caricature of a Jewish man holding the chain of a monkey that represents the Soviet Union owned by Edgar Gaerber. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. In...
Photobook
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521961
- English
- 1945
- Updated 8 months ago
Book published soon after the war featuring photographs of atrocities against Polish Jews in German occupied Poland acquired by Edgar Gaerber. Ed, age 10, and his parents Dr. Bernard and Fanka Gaerber fled Lvov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine] during the invasion by Germany in September 1939. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and the invaders divided the country; L'vov was in Soviet territory. In June 1941, Germany retook the region. The German occupation was brutal. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms by local Ukrainians. In late 1941, Ed and his family had to relocate to the ghetto. I...
Gaerber family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521962
- English
- 1937-1944
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
The papers consist of 17 false documents that enabled the Gaerber family of Lvov, Poland (Lʹviv, Ukraine) to survive the Holocaust.