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Occupation and administration decrees from the Jewish Museum in Prague

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.A.0098 | RG Number: RG-03.004.01

Overview

Description: Consists of photographs of decrees and public notices issued by the Jewish communities of Prague and Slaný, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), and German occupation agencies from 1940 to 1942. The decrees concern persecution of Jews in Prague and Slaný, the regulation of communication by mail between Jews and their family members in Terezin, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), the confiscation of Jewish property, and the regulation of contact between Jews and Aryans.
Date: inclusive: 1940-1942

Physical Details

Language: German Czech
Genre/Form: Decrees.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Per agreement with the Jewish Museum in Prague, the USHMM will not reproduce records without written permission of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Each researcher using materials must sign a statement agreeing to abide by restrictions. Researchers must cite the Jewish Museum in Prague as the holder of the original documents. No more than 5 complete documents may be used in a published work by a researcher. See Agreement for exact wordings.
Copyright Holder: Jewish Museum in Prague

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jewish property. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Czechoslovakia. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc. Jews--Czech Republic--Prague. Jews--Czech Republic--Slaný. Jewish communities (ushmm)
Geographic Name: Prague (Czech Republic) Slaný (Czech Republic)
Corporate Name: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Jewish Museum in Prague
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The documents were created by the Jewish communities of Prague and Slaný and by German occupation agencies in Hungary during World War II. The photographs were made from originals stored at the Židovské muzeum v Praze (Jewish Museum in Prague) and were used by Todd Brewster for an article in "Life" magazine and later donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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