Ilona Winograd Barkal collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518643
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

Collection consisting of three identification cards, one letter, and three photographs documenting the experiences of the Winograd family in Łódź during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. The collection includes pre-war identification issued to Bella Winograd (donor's mother) that was hidden during the war; Red Cross letter inquiring about the family, work card issued to Bella Winograd in the Łódź ghetto, post-war identificationcard issued to Bella Winograd, and war time photographs of Ilona Winograd. The Winograds were separated in October 1944 after they were taken to Koenigsw...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518659
• English
• overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Identification tag that protected two and half year old Ilona Winograd from deportation in the Łódź ghetto. In 1941, Ilona and her parents, Bella and Marek, were imprisoned in the ghetto after the 1939 German occupation of Poland. From September 5-12, 1942, the Germans conducted a mass deportation, targeting hospital patients, the elderly, and children; over 12,000 people were deported to Chelmno extermination camp. Ilona was not included in the round-up because she was the child of an essential Jewish Council employee; her father was in charge of ghetto housing. During the Aktion, each exe...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn538408
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Prisoner identification patch owned by Ilona Winograd and believed to be the one worn by her mother Bella when they were imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp from October 1944-May 1945. Germany occupied Poland in September 1939. Her parents Bella and Marek lived in Łódź and were imprisoned in the ghetto where Ilona was born in 1940. On September 5-12, 1942, the Germans conducted a mass deportation, targeting hospital patients, the elderly, and children; over 12,000 people were deported to Chelmno killing center. Ilona was not included in the round-up because she was the child of an ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn538416
• English
• 1943
• overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

10 mark coin token issued in Łódź Ghetto owned by Ilona Winograd who was born in the ghetto in 1940. Ilona's parents Bella and Marek were forced into the ghetto after the September 1939 German invasion of Poland. From September 5-12, 1942, the Germans conducted a mass deportation, targeting hospital patients, the elderly, and children; over 12,000 people were deported to Chelmno killing center. Ilona was not included in the round-up because she was the child of an essential Jewish Council employee; her father was in charge of ghetto housing. When the ghetto was liquidated in October 1944, I...