Beno Helmer collection

Identifier: irn71121
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn71121

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Beno Helmer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a prisoner patch, currency, scrip and ration cards, and documents related to the experiences of Beno Helmer in the Łódź ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust.

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Displaying items 1 to 10 of 10

Beno Helmer scrapbook
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn777
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Scrap book containing items from the Łódź Ghetto.
Łódź Ghetto ration card issued to a ghetto inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn778
- English
- overall: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of three ration cards saved by Beno Helmer, issued when he and his family were incarcerated in Łódź Ghetto in German occupied Poland from 1940- spring 1944. There are cards from three family members: Beno, Dora, and Sonia. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, the Germans forcibly relocated Beno, 18, and his family, along with the entire large Jewish population, into a sealed ghetto. All ghetto residents had to work in order to receive a ration card for food. There were severe food shortages and overcrowding and many die...
Łódź Ghetto ration card issued to a ghetto inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn780
- English
- overall: Height: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Width: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of three ration cards saved by Beno Helmer, issued when he and his family were incarcerated in Łódź Ghetto in German occupied Poland from 1940- spring 1944. There are cards from three family members: Beno, Dora, and Sonia. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, the Germans forcibly relocated Beno, 18, and his family, along with the entire large Jewish population, into a sealed ghetto. All ghetto residents had to work in order to receive a ration card for food. There were severe food shortages and overcrowding and many die...
Łódź Ghetto ration card issued to a ghetto inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn781
- English
- overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of three ration cards saved by Beno Helmer, issued when he and his family were incarcerated in Łódź Ghetto in German occupied Poland from 1940- spring 1944. There are cards from three family members: Beno, Dora, and Sonia. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, the Germans forcibly relocated Beno, 18, and his family, along with the entire large Jewish population, into a sealed ghetto. All ghetto residents had to work in order to receive a ration card for food. There were severe food shortages and overcrowding and many die...
Blue-gray striped uniform square with a red triangle and yellow Star of David badge
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn782
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Depth: 1.775 inches (4.509 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Badge removed from a concentration camp uniform.
Postcard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn783
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Republic of Czechoslovakia currency, 1 korunu note, acquired by a Jewish Polish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn784
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Czech currency, 1 korunu note, acquired by Beno Helmer under unknown circumstances. Ghetto inmates were not allowed to have currency. Scrip was issued as a labor incentive and facilitated the confiscation of money and goods from internees. There was little to exchange it for in the ghetto. In 1941, Beno, 18, and his family were interned in Łódź Ghetto, set up by the Germans after their occupation of Poland in September 1939. In spring 1944, as the ghetto was liquidated, Beno and his family were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Beno was selected for labor and sent to a subcamp of Gross-...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen, acquired by Jewish Polish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn785
- English
- overall: Height: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, valued at 5 [funf] kronen, acquired by Beno Helmer under unknown circumstances. Camp inmates were not allowed to have currency, which was confiscated. Scrip for use only in the camp was issued beginning May 1943 to promote an illusion of normalcy, as there was nothing to to exchange it for in the camp. In 1941, Beno, 18, and his family were interned in Łódź Ghetto, set up by the Germans after their occupation of Poland in September 1939. In spring 1944, as the ghetto was liquidated, Beno and his family were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Beno w...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note, acquired by a Jewish Polish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn786
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Łódź Ghetto scrip, 5 [funf] mark note, acquired by Beno Helmer who was imprisoned in the Ghetto from 1941 - spring 1944. Ghetto inmates were not allowed to have currency. Scrip was issued as a labor incentive and facilitated the confiscation of money and goods from internees. There was little to exchange it for in the ghetto. In 1941, Beno, 18, and his family were interned in Łódź Ghetto, set up by the Germans after their occupation of Poland in September 1939. In spring 1944, as the ghetto was liquidated, Beno and his family were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Beno was selected for ...
Ernie Pyle news report
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn787
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Single page typed transcript of a 1947 news report about the Ernie Pyle. Object removed from scrapbook accessioned as 1988.68.1.