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Lodz ghetto: postcards


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1048

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Lodz ghetto: postcards

Date(s): 1942-1944

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers concerning Lodz ghetto, 1942-1944, comprise post cards addressed to the Ältester der Juden, Jewish leader of the Lodz Ghetto, from various individuals in Czechoslovakia, Germany and Poland, enquiring after the whereabouts and health of family members. The collection also includes an identity card of Esther Goldberg, entitling her to a midday meal, Lodz Ghetto.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Ben Helfgott.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Jews | Religious groups
Occupied territories | Humanitarian law
Racial segregation | Interethnic relations
Racial discrimination

Personal names

Corporate names
Lodz ghetto, Poland

Places