Hal and Robyn Klein collection

Identifier: irn532701
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

These signs were purchased by Hal and Robyn Klein (the first sign was purchased from the Regency-Superior Auction House) and donated to the USHMM in 2015 and in 2016.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of two metal signs posted by the Jewish Council in the Łódź Ghetto. One is for the Statistical Department and the other is for the two white enameled metal signs with black text: One is from "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt / Zentral-Einkaufsstelle" [Main Purchasing Agency of the Łódź ghetto Jewish Council]; Łódź, Poland; dated 1944; in German The other sign (accreted to the collection in 2016) reads "Der Aelteste Der Juden / in Litzmannstadt / Statische Abteilung"

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Sign posted by the Jewish Council in the Łódź Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn532700
- English
- overall: Height: 6.880 inches (17.475 cm) | Width: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm)
- Updated 6 months ago
Sign posted by the Statistical Department of the Łódź Ghetto Jewish Council.
Sign for the Main Purchasing Agency of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn604101
- English
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 6 months ago
Sign posted by the Main Purchasing Agency of the Łódź Ghetto Jewish Council in German occupied Poland. This agency was a German institution established to facilitate the mass deportations to Chelmno killing center in 1942. The deportees were encouraged to exchange their valuable possessions for ghetto scrip. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich.

Hal and Robyn Klein collection

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Sign posted by the Jewish Council in the Łódź Ghetto

Sign for the Main Purchasing Agency of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat