Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database
[Applications for clothing, shoes and linens] (ID: 27832)
Description:
This grouping contains applications for clothing, shoes, and linens. Most of the applications include correspondence written by the applicant to Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt requesting various items that they could not afford on their own. The applications include a statement of the request and reason for their request. Many of the applicants are individuals who have to walk a great deal as part of their employment and request additional shoes and coats during the cold weather. In some cases, the applications contain notes written by someone in the office of Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt about whether the application was approved.
List Type:
Individual document
List Organized By:
Not Applicable
Document Date:
Between 5 Jan 1941 - 20 Jul 1944
Sex:
Male and Female
Language:
- German
- Polish
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
Number of Persons (Est.):
400 - 500
Number of Pages (Exact):
441
Legibility:
Moderately Legible Text
Document Format:
Typed and Handwritten
Current Location:
Łódź, Poland
Place of Incarceration:
Litzmannstadt-Getto, Łódź, Poland
Keyword:
- Ghetto
- Jewish Council / Judenrat
Reel:
91
