Order to All Men from 16 to 65 to Bring Personal Belongings and Await Further Instructions

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.162

Object Name

Broadside

Date

1-1-1943

Files

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Description

An order by a German Comisar presumably posted in Ukraine.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Ukrainian broadside from 1943 signed in type by a German "Comissar" ordering all men from 16 to 65 to the homes of the eldest bringing all personal belongings to await further orders. Inevitably these men were destined for labor camps in Poland and Germany. They often worked and starved to death.

Dimensions

10 x 8 1/2"

Keywords

Ukranian, German, Belongings, Jewish

Subcollection

Labor

Recommended Citation

"Order to All Men from 16 to 65 to Bring Personal Belongings and Await Further Instructions" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.162.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/37