Permit allowing free movement in the Kovno ghetto to assist Jews with moving to Vilijampole
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 8.380 inches (21.285 cm)
Archival History
The object was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Scope and Content
Permit allowing free movement in Kovno ghetto to assist Jews with moving to Vilijampole. Translation: recto: "Lithuanian City Commandant/Kaunas Commandant/1941 July 12/J. Bobelis/ Chairman"; verso: "Permission to move about to accomplish move of Jews from Kaunas to Vilijampole. No obstructions should be put in the carrier's way/Valid to 25 August 1941."
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Typed; Lithuanian on left side, German on right; on left side: "Litauische Stadtkommandantur/Kauno Komendantura/1941 m. liepos men.12 d./Nr.2/Pazyméjimas./Siuo pazymima, kad../.../yra pavesta atlikti techniski dar-/bai susije su perkraustymu zydu/tautybes pilieciu is Kauno miesto/i Vilijampoles rajona./Visos valdzios istaigos/pra-/somos nedaryti kliuciu./Pazymjimas galioja iki/1941 m.rugpiucio men.25 d."; right side: "Bescheinigung./Hiermit wird bescheinigt, dass/.../beauftragt ist alle technische Vor-/bereitungen, im Zusammenhang mit/der Uebersiedlung juedischer Ein-/wohner der Stadt Kaunas nach Vilijam-/pole zu treffen./Alle Regierungsaemter wereden/gebeten Ihm keine Hindernisse zu/machen./Diese Bescheiningung ist bis/zum 25.August 1941 gueltig."; across bottom: "pas.J.Bobelis/Oberst/Pirmininkas", "Stempel/Kauno Miesto/Komendantas", "pas.K.Palciauskas/Buergermeister/Burmistras."
Corporate Bodies
- Kovno ghetto (Lithuania)
Subjects
- Kaunas (Lithuania)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
Genre
- Object