Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Permit allowing free movement in Kovno ghetto to assist Jews with moving to Vilijampole. Translation: recto: "Lithuanian City Commandant/Kaunas Commandant/1941 July 12/J. Bobelis/ Chairman"; verso: "Permission to move about to accomplish move of Jews from Kaunas to Vilijampole. No obstructions should be put in the carrier's way/Valid to 25 August 1941."
- Title
- Permit allowing free movement in Kovno ghetto to assist Jews with moving to Vilijampole
- Date
-
issue:
1941 July 12
- Geography
-
use:
Kovno ghetto (historic);
Kaunas (Lithuania)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Physical Description
- Typed; Lithuanian on left side, German on right; on left side: "Litauische Stadtkommandantur/Kauno Komendantura/1941 m. liepos men.12 d./Nr.2/Pazyméjimas./Siuo pazymima, kad../.../yra pavesta atlikti techniski dar-/bai susije su perkraustymu zydu/tautybes pilieciu is Kauno miesto/i Vilijampoles rajona./Visos valdzios istaigos/pra-/somos nedaryti kliuciu./Pazymjimas galioja iki/1941 m.rugpiucio men.25 d."; right side: "Bescheinigung./Hiermit wird bescheinigt, dass/.../beauftragt ist alle technische Vor-/bereitungen, im Zusammenhang mit/der Uebersiedlung juedischer Ein-/wohner der Stadt Kaunas nach Vilijam-/pole zu treffen./Alle Regierungsaemter wereden/gebeten Ihm keine Hindernisse zu/machen./Diese Bescheiningung ist bis/zum 25.August 1941 gueltig."; across bottom: "pas.J.Bobelis/Oberst/Pirmininkas", "Stempel/Kauno Miesto/Komendantas", "pas.K.Palciauskas/Buergermeister/Burmistras."
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 8.380 inches (21.285 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Kaunas (Lithuania)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Corporate Name
- Kovno ghetto (Lithuania)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The object was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-12-02 09:16:48
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