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A young man hands a petition to Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski surrounded by other ghetto residents.

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    A young man hands a petition to Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski surrounded by other ghetto residents.
    A young man hands a petition to Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski surrounded by other ghetto residents. The man in the foreground is Sergeant Kaufman. The Yiddish inscription on the back reads: "Sergeant Kaufman from the Jewish guard, here protecting the Chairman M.Ch. Rumkowski, who allowed a chosen child to approach him with a petition. August 17, 1941"

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    A young man hands a petition to Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski surrounded by other ghetto residents.

    The man in the foreground is Sergeant Kaufman.

    The Yiddish inscription on the back reads: "Sergeant Kaufman from the Jewish guard, here protecting the Chairman M.Ch. Rumkowski, who allowed a chosen child to approach him with a petition. August 17, 1941"
    Date
    1941 August 17
    Locale
    Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
    Variant Locale
    Litzmannstadt
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jehuda Widawski

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Jehuda Widawski
    Source Record ID: Collections: 2005.285

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    Artifact Photographer
    Max Reid
    Record last modified:
    2010-01-14 00:00:00
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