Vilna broadside

Object | Accession Number: 2017.402.2

Overview

Brief Narrative: Bekanntmachtung Nr. 19 des Buergermeisters der Stadt Wilna [Notice No. 19, Mayor of Vilnius]; Vilnius, Lithuania; in German, Lithuanian, and Polish; Broadside issued on August 22, 1941 three months after the German occupation of Vilnius, ordering the refugees who arrived in the town after September 1, 1939, and who did not get Lithuanian citizenship until June 1940, to register in the municipal offices. The broadside also calls all of Vilnius residents to register in the police headquarters in their neighborhood and get an identity card. At the end, the broadside states that the decree does not apply to Jews; printed in three columns.
Title: Bekanntmachtung Nr. 19 des Buergermeisters der Stadt Wilna
Date: publication/distribution: 1941
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Language: German Lithuanian Polish
Classification: Information Forms
Category: Fliers
Object Type: Handbills (tgm)
Physical Description: Black ink on paper. Broadside titled Bekanntmachtung Nr. 19 des Buergermeisters der Stadt Wilna [Notice No. 19, Mayor of Vilnius]; Vilnius, Lithuania; in German, Lithuanian, and Polish
Dimensions: overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 18.130 inches (46.05 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The broadside was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
Funding Note: The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by the Crown Family.