Object ID
2014.1.447
Object Name
Invoice
Date
10-22-1941
Files
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Description
Tan letter with typewritten message in German. Printed return address in upper left corner reads, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt."
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Invoice signed by the controversial leader of the Judenrat in LItzmannstadt Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski, whose hope to make the Litzmannstadt Jews into an indispensable workforce for the Nazis would be a deterrent against deportation to death camps. On “Elder of the Jews in Litzmannstadt” stationery, violet handstamp tied to signature. Litzmannstadt was liquidated in August 1944 and Rumkowski himself was deported to Auschwitz where he perished.
Dimensions
11 1/4 x 8"
Keywords
invoice
Subcollection
Ghettos
Recommended Citation
"Invoice from the Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt, Signed by Chaim Rumkowski" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.447.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1383