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Identification card from the Kovno ghetto

Object | Accession Number: 1995.89.199

Overview

Date: use: 1941-1944
Geography: use: Kovno ghetto (historic); Kaunas (Lithuania)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Physical Details

Language: German
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Labels
Object Type: Identification cards (lcsh)
Physical Description: gray paper; recto: left side, blue ink stamps/print, "Z.No/Name/Vorn./Alter"; upper right corner, black ink stamp, "75"; right side, inscriptions in pencil, "Goldberg/Mejer/59 [?]"
Dimensions: overall: Height: 2.950 inches (7.493 cm) | Width: 2.010 inches (5.105 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, graphite

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The identification card was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Record last modified:: 2023-10-06 11:23:44
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The collection consists of artifacts, drawings, documents, and scrip relating to life in the Kovno (Kaunus) ghetto in Lithuania before and during the Holocaust.

Date: 1941

Work assignment slip issued by the Jewish Ghetto Labor Bureau in Kovno

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Work assignment slip for the urban gardens issued by the labor office of the Kovno ghetto

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Permit issued by the Commander of the Order Police in the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip for the railway issued in the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip issued in the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip for waterway construction in the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip for kitchen labor in the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip for work in the first Fort in Kovno

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip for the old city hall from the Kovno ghetto

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Scrip issued to women in the Kovno ghetto

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Scrip issued to men in the Kovno ghetto

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Scrip issued to men in the Kovno ghetto

Scrip issued to men in the Kovno ghetto

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Scrip issued in the Kovno ghetto

Scrip issued in the Kovno ghetto

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Scrip issued in the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Meal card for a worker at Demag A.G. outisde the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

Work assignment slip from the Kovno ghetto

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto.

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Meal coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration card from the Kovno ghetto

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Bakery receipt from the Kovno ghetto

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Pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Permit

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Graphics Workshop of the Ältestenrat in the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Labor Force Office in the Kovno ghetto

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Coupon for the public kitchen in the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Ration card from the Kovno ghetto

Ration card from the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression stating that a transcript is authentic from an office in the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression stating that a transcript is authentic from an office in the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the 2nd region of the Jewish ghetto police in the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression of the 2nd region of the Jewish ghetto police in the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Police Department of the Kovno ghetto.

Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Police Department of the Kovno ghetto.

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Envelope used by an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Envelope used by an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Receipt for wood from the Kovno ghetto

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Receipt from the Kovno ghetto

Receipt from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Meal card for workers in the Kovno ghetto

Meal card for workers in the Kovno ghetto

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Permit form allowing a German employer to use Jewish laborers

Permit form allowing a German employer to use Jewish laborers

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Jewish police registration form from the Kovno ghetto

Jewish police registration form from the Kovno ghetto

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Jewish police registration form from the Kovno ghetto

Jewish police registration form from the Kovno ghetto

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Summons from the Punishment Office of the Jewish Ghetto Police of the Kovno ghetto

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Card bearing ink stamp impressions of the public relief and labor bureaus in the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Aeltestenrat (Council of Elders) of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression of the Aeltestenrat (Council of Elders) of the Kovno ghetto

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Ticket

Ticket

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Permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Signature of Moshe Levin, Chief of Jewish Ghetto police in the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Notes

Notes

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Ration card from the Kovno ghetto

Ration card from the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from the housing office of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from the housing office of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Police in Kovno, Lithuania

Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Police in Kovno, Lithuania

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Ink stamp impression from the Ghetto Gemeinde office of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from the Ghetto Gemeinde office of the Kovno ghetto

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Coupon for potatoes issued in the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Identification card from the Kovno ghetto

Identification card from the Kovno ghetto

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Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Ration coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Receipt for the Paint and Sign Workshop in the Kovno ghetto

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Permit ink stamp impression of the Paint and Sign Workshop of the Altestenrat (Council of Elders) of Kovno the ghetto

Permit ink stamp impression of the Paint and Sign Workshop of the Altestenrat (Council of Elders) of Kovno the ghetto

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Permit

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Ink stamp impression of the Jewish pharmacy in the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression belonging to the Aeltestenrat (Council of Elders) of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression belonging to the Aeltestenrat (Council of Elders) of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the central office of the Jewish Ghetto Police in Kovno, Lithuania

Ink stamp impression of the central office of the Jewish Ghetto Police in Kovno, Lithuania

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Ink stamp impression of the Labor Insertion Office, Division of Specialized Training, in the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from the Repairs Department of the Ghetto Gemeinde in the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression from the Repairs Department of the Ghetto Gemeinde in the Kovno ghetto

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Identification document issued by an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Identification document issued by an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Labor pass from the Kovno ghetto

Labor pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Typewritten inscription of the First Police Precinct of the Kovno ghetto

Typewritten inscription of the First Police Precinct of the Kovno ghetto

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Labor pass from the Kovno ghetto

Labor pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Identity document from the Kovno ghetto

Identity document from the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Coworker Collective at the Remont-Workshop in the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression of the Coworker Collective at the Remont-Workshop in the Kovno ghetto

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Typewritten inscription made by an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Reusable movement pass from the Kovno ghetto

Reusable movement pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work identification card from the Kovno ghetto

Work identification card from the Kovno ghetto

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Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

Work permit from the Kovno ghetto

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Work identification card from the Kovno ghetto

Work identification card from the Kovno ghetto

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Work identification card from the Kovno ghetto

Work identification card from the Kovno ghetto

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Signature of Zvi Levin, chairman of the Zionist Revisionists in the Kovno ghetto

Signature of Zvi Levin, chairman of the Zionist Revisionists in the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Police of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Police of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression of the Jewish ghetto police from Kovno, Lithuania

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Summons issued from the Jewish Ghetto Police in Kovno, Lithuania

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10252

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Certificate from the Kovno ghetto allowing the bearer to depart and return to the ghetto workshops at specified hours

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Certificate from the Kovno ghetto allowing the bearer to drive a cart or truck out of the ghetto workshops

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Certificate from the Kovno ghetto allowing the bearer to carry specified items out of the ghetto workshops

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Identity card from the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression for bathing from the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression for bathing from the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from the Kovno ghetto apothecary

Ink stamp impression from the Kovno ghetto apothecary

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Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Police of the Kovno ghetto

Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Police of the Kovno ghetto

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Meat coupon from the Kovno ghetto

Meat coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Bread coupon from the Kovno ghetto

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Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

Work pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Pass from the Kovno ghetto

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Personal identification document from the Kovno ghetto which identifies a worker and his/her family members and their places of work

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Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Community in Kovno, Lithuania

Ink stamp impression of the Jewish Ghetto Community in Kovno, Lithuania

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Inscription from the Residents Record Office of the Kovno ghetto

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Inscription from the Workshops Department of the Kovno ghetto

Inscription from the Workshops Department of the Kovno ghetto

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Inscription from the Labor Office of the Kovno ghetto

Inscription from the Labor Office of the Kovno ghetto

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Typewritten inscription from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

Typewritten inscription from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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Ink stamp impression from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto

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