Sign "Jewish Settlement Area. Loitering Forbidden!"

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.448

Object Name

Sign, Regulatory

Files

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Description

A porcelain sign that reads "JEWISH SETTLEMENT AREA. LOITERING FORBIDDEN!" that hung in a Ghetto.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Porcelain sign bearing the printed message: "JEWISH SETTLEMENT AREA. LOITERING FORBIDDEN!" Just as Jews were shunned if not banished from many towns and cities in Nazi-controlled areas, gentiles were not allowed in ghettos.

Dimensions

4 x 11"

Keywords

Ghetto

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Sign "Jewish Settlement Area. Loitering Forbidden!"" (2015). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.448.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/53