Bella and Henry Tovey collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn502465
• English
• 1939-1946
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists of four black and white photographs: three images of a wedding of Jewish displaced persons in the Zeilsheim Displaced persons camp on 21 September 1946, and one image of an all girls' class with their teachers, dated 1939.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514447
• English
• 1939-1945
• overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

The badge was issued to Henry Tovey in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521566
• English
• 1941-1943
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Mixed collection of black and white photographs, a postcard, an envelope, scrip, and a Star of David badge relating to Bella Tovey and her family during the time period of the Holocaust.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522312
• English
• overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Łódź ghetto scrip, 20 (zwanzig) mark note, acquired by Henry Tovey while imprisoned in the Łódź Ghetto. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and 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 Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killing centers. Henry later married Bella Jacubowicz, who was from Sosnowiec, Poland. Bella, her parents, and...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522316
• English
• overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Weimar Germany 10 mark note acquired by Henry Tovey. After Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939, Henry was confined to the ghetto on Łódź, renamed Litzmannstadt. The Germans closed the ghetto in summer 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killing centers. Henry later married Bella Jacubowicz, who was from Sosnowiec, Poland. Bella, her parents, and her three younger siblings were forced into the ghetto. At the end of 1942, the family was sent to the ghetto in Bedzin. In 1943, Bella was deported to Graben, a subcamp of Gross-Rosen concentration camp in German...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522317
• English
• 1948-1960
• overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

West German funf (5) pfennig note acquired by Henry Tovey. The currency was issued beginning in 1948 for use in the newly created Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). After Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939, Henry was confined to the ghetto on Łódź, renamed Litzmannstadt. The Germans closed the ghetto in summer 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killing centers. Henry later married Bella Jacubowicz, who was from Sosnowiec, Poland. Bella, her parents, and her three younger siblings were forced into the ghetto. At the end of 1942, the family was s...