Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Etched and cutwork key fob depicting scenes of daily life created in the Lodz ghetto by an unknow artist between the creation of the ghetto in February 1940 and its liquidation in the spring of 1944. German authorities referred to the city and the ghetto as Litzmannstadt.
- Date
-
creation:
1944 March 15
- Geography
-
creation:
Łódź (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection
- Markings
- front, bottom panel, engraved: [illegible letters] / LITZMANNSTADT / GETTO / 15.III.1944
back, bottom panel, engraved: (15?).III.19(?)
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Personal equipment
- Object Type
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Key fobs (aat)
- Genre/Form
- Metalwork.
- Physical Description
- Handmade, silver-colored metal key fob consisting of four rectangular segments connected together in a band. Each section is decorated with cutwork and etched with scenes. The first three depict people and work being carried out, and one bears a Star of David and German text. The fastener is anchored to the top by a hanging loop.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 1.437 inches (3.65 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Łódź (Poland)
- Corporate Name
- Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The key fob was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-01 08:44:43
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn735979
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The collection consists of a bracelet and a worked metal piece created in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust.
Date: 1940 February-1944
Etched bracelet created by an unknown artist in the Lodz ghetto
Object
Etched bracelet depicting scenes of daily life created in the Lodz ghetto by an unknow artist between the creation of the ghetto in February 1940 and its liquidation in the spring of 1944. German authorities referred to the city and the ghetto as Litzmannstadt.
