Rafal Imbro collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn513334
• English
• oversize box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists of one photograph album with cloth covers and paper jacket with embossed design in blue and white. Contains 47 black and white photographs and 4 loose inserts. The pages are decorated with hand painted graphics. Inscription on first page, "Z.K.O.M., W. Kielcach" and the second page,"1 styczen 1942." Photograph album prepared by the employees of the Jewish Council in the Kielce ghetto for the Chairman of the Judenrat, Mr. Hermann Levi. The album is titled: Z.K.O.M (Zydowski Komitet Opiekunczy Miejski) Jewish Welfare Committee in Kielce and is dated 1 January 1942. It includes photog...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522464
• English
• folders 3
• Updated 7 months ago

The papers consist of documents, identification cards, and receipt books relating to the experiences of Jews in Łódź and Kielce, Poland, before and during World War II.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522465
• English
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Handmade engraved metal box used in Łódź, Poland, to collect funds for charity. The address, 20 Wolborska, engraved on the box, is the location of the main synagogue in Łódź which was set on fire in November 1939 by the German forces who occupied the city that September. A tzedakah box is used by Jewish communities as a physical reminder to be charitable and help others. The message on this box asks contributors to show support by ushering in a new Torah. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and, one week later, occupied Łódź. They renamed it Litzmannstadt and in February 1940 ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522466
• English
• 1932
• overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Depth: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Handmade carved wooden box used in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. It has the year 1932 etched in the lid with a later addition of the year 1940 and the name Estera Tannenbaum Hersz. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and one week later occupied Łódź. They renamed it Litzmannstadt and in February 1940 relocated all the Jews, roughly 100,000 people, into a sealed ghetto. Prewar Łódź was a thriving industrial city and the ghetto continued to be an important manufacturing center. Daily life and social and economic activity in the ghetto was handled by a Council of Jewish Elde...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522467
• English
• 1942
• overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 11.875 inches (30.163 cm) | Depth: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Handmade wooden box with a folding mirror crafted and used in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. It haand inlaid letters spelling Getto 1942 Litzmannstadt. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and one week later occupied Łódź. They renamed it Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, relocated all the Jews, roughly 100,000 people, into a sealed ghetto. Prewar Łódź was a thriving industrial city and the ghetto continued to be an important manufacturing center. Daily life and social and economic activity in the ghetto was handled by a Council of Jewish Elders who reported to the Germa...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522468
• English
• overall: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Hand decorated wallet crafted and used in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and one week later occupied Łódź. They renamed it Litzmannstadt and in February 1940 relocated all the Jews, roughly 100,000 people, into a sealed ghetto. Prewar Łódź was a thriving industrial city and the ghetto continued to be an important manufacturing center. Daily life and social and economic activity in the ghetto was handled by a Council of Jewish Elders who reported to the German authorities. There were continual food shortages and, with the severe overcrowd...