Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Hand-made case for an I.D. card which was presented as a gift to a Jewish work group leader from the Łódź ghetto.
- Date
-
received:
1941 September 17
- Geography
-
creation:
Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland);
Łódź (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bert and Irene Fleming
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Carried dress accessories
- Object Type
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Wallets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- brown leather case; recto: upper left corner of cover bears metal plaque with inscription, "Unserem teuren Leiter/die/'Arbeits-Einsatz Abteilung'/Litzmannstadt Getto, d.17.IX.41."; upper center, metal Star of David attached to cover; lower right corner, metal initials, "BF", attached to cover
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.200 inches (13.208 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 0.240 inches (0.61 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, metal, plastic, cloth
- Inscription
- engraved, "September 17, 1941"
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The container was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Bernard Fleming.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-19 11:45:09
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11295
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Cigarette case created in the Łódź ghetto
Object
Cigarette case created in the Łódź Ghetto. It was given as a gift to Bernard Fleming (original surname Fuchs) by the members of his labor unit in the Lodz ghetto in 1941. This case was hidden by friends of the Flemings during WWII, was recovered after the end of the war, and ultimately returned to Bernard Fleming. Translation of the inscription on the case reads: "To our dear leader, Bernard Fuchs, on his birthday from his O.D. [Jewish Order Police] men, S. Wolkowyski and D. Pyttel/Litzmannstadt Ghetto, September 17, 1941."; upper right, "The founder and honored leader of the labor department from his first colleagues/28-VI 28-VI/BF"; lower right, "Our dear leader Bernard Fuchs/the staff of the labor insertion unit/Litzmannstadt Ghetto, May 29, 1941."
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Object
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