Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database
[Applications for gas, electricity, and other items needed for heating] (ID: 28041)
Description:
This grouping contains applications for various item and services required for heating. Most of the applications include correspondence written by the applicant to Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt requesting various goods and services. This goods and services include but are not limited to: replacement fuel vouchers; additional fuel vouchers; coal; electric stoves and cookers; gas stoves and cookers; cast iron stoves; and connection to the gas lines. Many of the applicants required these additional goods and services because they were caring for sick, elderly, or infant family members. The applications include a statement of the request, an explanation of the person’s circumstances, the name and address of the applicant. In some cases, the applications contain notes written by someone in the office of Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt including notes about the applicant’s family, the decision regarding whether the services would be rewarded, and the reasoning behind the decision
List Type:
Individual document
List Organized By:
Not Applicable
Document Date:
8 Dec 1940 - 3 Apr 1943
Sex:
Male and Female
Language:
- German
- Yiddish
- Polish
Persecution Status:
Jew
Number of Persons (Est.):
150 - 250
Number of Pages (Exact):
152
Legibility:
Moderately Legible Text
Document Format:
Typed and Handwritten
Current Location:
Łódź, Poland
Place of Incarceration:
Litzmannstadt-Getto, Łódź, Poland
Keyword:
Ghetto
Reel:
91
