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Small Town Ghettos, 1939-1945

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Collection Overview

Title: Small Town Ghettos, 1939-1945

Predominant Dates:1941 -- 1944

ID: RG-38/RG-38

Creator: German ghetto authorities (1939 -- 1945)

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Languages: Polish [pol], Russian [rus]

Abstract

This Record Group contains collections related to the history of small Jewish ghettos in Poland and the western part of the USSR. These three collections comprise photo-documets and correspondences illustrating the tragic fate of the local Jewish population in the German-organized and supervised ghettos.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

There are three collections, namely Mukacevo Ghetto; Wloclawek Ghetto; Bialystok Ghetto and Cherna Kapulkina Papers. The documents largely reflect the ghetto mundane life, the anti-Jewish actions and liquidations of the ghettos. These documents are in the form of photographs and correspondences

Biographical Note

German local authorities, including police and security forces and other relted Nazi agencies, which supervised the Jewish ghettos.

They eventually were responsible for the implementation of the "Final Solution."

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions:

No restrictions

Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

Use Restrictions: Copyrighted materials


Box and Folder Listing

Sub-Collection 1: Mukacevo Ghetto, 1944, April -- MayAdd to your cart.
After the Germans occupied  Hungary in March 1944, the Jews of Mukacevo, as well as from the other towns of Subcarpathian Ruthenia (the fomer Czechoslovakian province annexed by Hungary in March 1939) were concentrated in the improvised ghettos and a Juedenrat (a Jewish Council) was appointed. In the second half of May 1944, several transport with the Jews from Mukacevo were deported to Auschwitz.. In the end of May 1944, the ghetto was liquidated.
Subject/Index Terms:
Mukacevo (Czechoslovakia: Ghetto)
Streets of the Mukacevo ghetto
Creators:
Jewish ghetto administration, Mukacevo, 1944 (1944)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: Mukacevo Ghetto, five original photographs, date taken 4 April 1944, 4 April 1944Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Ghetto scenes, five original photographs, dated 4 April 1944.  The photographs depict a watchtower; two of a sign announcing the border of a ghetto in German and Polish; a street scene; and woman picking up something near a building.
Subject/Index Terms:
Mukacevo (Czechoslovakia: Ghetto)
Streets of the Mukacevo ghetto
Photographs, ghettos
Germany (1939--1945)
Poland (1939--1945)
German, language
Polish, language
Jewish Star of David, ghettos
Creators:
Jewish ghetto administration, Mukacevo, 1944 (1944)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: Mukacevo Ghetto, April 1944, original photographs, 4 April 1944Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Ghetto scenes, five original photographs.  The pictures are the same as RG-38.01.01; however, all the pictures are in black and white, the file is in landscape, and it has a caption.
Subject/Index Terms:
Streets of the Mukacevo ghetto
Mukacevo (Czechoslovakia: Ghetto)
Photographs, ghettos
Germany (1939--1945)
Poland (1939 --1945)
German, language
Polish, language
Jewish Star of David, ghettos
Creators:
Jewish ghetto administration, Mukacevo, 1944 (1944)
Sub-Collection 2: Wloclawek Ghetto, 1942Add to your cart.
This collection contains photo-documents of the Wloclawek Ghetto in Poland.  It depicts Jews forced into the ghetto, as well as the evacuation of the ghetto.  There are also street scenes.  All photographs are in black and white.
Subject/Index Terms:
Wloclawek (Poland: Ghetto)
Streets of the Wloclawek Ghetto
Creators:
Jewish Ghetto Administration, Wloclawek
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: 10 photographs, Wloclawek, Poland, 1942, 1942Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document contains ten photographs of hte Wloclawek Ghetto in Wloclawek, Poland 1942.  The photographs depict Jews forced into the ghetto as wel as some street scenes.
Subject/Index Terms:
Streets of the Wloclawek Ghetto
Wloclawek (Poland: Ghetto)
Photographs, ghettos
Photographs, children
Photographs, transit camps
Creators:
Jewish Ghetto Administration, Wloclawek
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: 4 photographs, Evacuation of ghetto in Wloclawek to ChelmnoAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document contains four photographs depicting the evacuation of the Wloclawek Ghetto to Chelmno.
Subject/Index Terms:
Streets of the Wloclawek Ghetto
Wloclawek (Poland: Ghetto)
Photographs, ghettos
Liquidation of ghettos
Chelmno Death Camp
Photographs, children
Creators:
Jewish Ghetto Administration, Wloclawek
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: 4 photographs of Wloclawek, Poland. Jews are being forced into or evacuated from the ghetto, 1942Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document contain four photographs of the Wloclawek Ghetto in Wloclawek, Poland.  The photographs depict Jews that are being fored into or to evacuate from the ghetto.  The street scenes are from 1942.  The photographs are the same as the photographs in RG-38.02.02; however, they are landscape, all in black and white and cropped, without writing on them.
Subject/Index Terms:
Streets of the Wloclawek Ghetto
Wloclawek (Poland: Ghetto)
Photographs, ghettos
Liquidation of ghettos
Chelmno Death Camp
Photographs, children
Creators:
Jewish Ghetto Administration, Wloclawek
Sub-Collection 3: Bialystok GhettoAdd to your cart.

This collection contains photographs of the Bialystok Ghetto in Poland.  The collection also contains a photocopied article entitled Survivors Refuse to Forget written for the San Gabriel Tribune.

The Bialystok Ghetto was established by the Nazis in German occupied Poland.  Jews that lived in the ghetto were put to work in forced-labor enterprises, primarily in large textile factories established within the ghetto.  The ghetto was liquidated in 1943 and most Jews were either killed within the ghetto or transported to the Treblinka concentration camp.

Subject/Index Terms:
Bialystok (Poland: Ghetto)
Streets of the Bialystok Ghetto
Creators:
Jewish administration of the ghettos (1939 -- 1945)
Jewish Ghetto Administration, Bialystok
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: Bialystok Ghetto, photograph of ruinsAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
A photograph of the ruins of the Bialystok Ghetto in Bialystok, Poland.
Subject/Index Terms:
Bialystok (Poland: Ghetto)
Streets of the Bialystok Ghetto
Ruins of the Bialystok Ghetto
Photographs, cities
Photographs, postwar, 1945 -- 1988
Creators:
Jewish Ghetto Administration, Bialystok
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: Bialystok Ghetto, a man leaning on a memorialAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
A photograph of an unidentified man leaning against a memorial at the Bialystok Ghetto in Bialystok, Poland.
Subject/Index Terms:
Bialystok (Poland: Ghetto)
Bialystok Ghetto Memorial
Streets of the Bialystok Ghetto
Photographs, postwar, 1945 -- 1988
Holocaust Memorialization
Hebrew, language
Jewish Star of David, ghettos
Creators:
Jewish Ghetto Administration, Bialystok
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: San Gabriel Tribune article “Survivors Refuse to Forget”Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
A photocopy of an article entitled Survivors Refuse to Forget; Holocaust Reunion Rekindles Nightmares written for the San Gabriel Tribune by David Haldane.
Subject/Index Terms:
Bialystok (Poland: Ghetto)
Newspaper Article
San Gabriel Tribune newspaper article
Newspaper headlines
English, language
Photographs, postwar, 1945 -- 1988
Personal memoirs and recollections
Documents in English language
Creators:
San Gabriel Tribune, California
David Haldane
Sub-Collection 4: Cherna Kapulkina PapersAdd to your cart.
This collection includes various letters and photographs belonging to Cherna Kapulkina.  All letters and envelopes are written i Russian.
Subject/Index Terms:
Photographs, family members
Personal correspondence
Belorussia, USSR
Creators:
Cherna Kapulkina
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter envelopeAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
A letter envelope.  This envelope contained a letter on a folded page.  The text is in Russian.
Subject/Index Terms:
Personal correspondence
family papers
Postal Stamp
Russian, language
Documents in Russian language
Creators:
Cherna Kapulkina
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter on plain paperAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
A letter written on plain paper.  The letter is handwritten in Russian.  It is believed that this was the letter inside of the envelope in collection RG-38.04.01.
Subject/Index Terms:
Personal correspondence
family papers
Russian, language
Correspondence in Russian language
Documents in Russian language
Creators:
Cherna Kapulkina
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter folded into a triangleAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
A letter that has been folded into a triangle.  It has been addressed in Russian.
Subject/Index Terms:
Personal correspondence
family papers
Russian, language
Correspondence in Russian language
Documents in Russian language
Creators:
Cherna Kapulkina
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Photograph, Minkovich Kapulkin Pesya, 1915-1941Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
A photograph of Minkovich Kapulkin Pesya, who lived from 1915--1941.
Subject/Index Terms:
family photographs
Personal Documents
Photographs, family members
Minkovich Kapulkin Pesya
Creators:
Cherna Kapulkina
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Photograph, Chaya Kapulkin, 1886-1941Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
A photograph of Chaya Kapulkin, who lived from 1886--1941.
Subject/Index Terms:
family photographs
Personal belongings
Chaya Kapulkin, 1886--1941
Photographs, family members
Creators:
Cherna Kapulkina
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Photograph, Mendel Kapulkin, 1924-1941Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
A photograph of Mendel Kapulkin, who lived between 1924--1941.
Subject/Index Terms:
family photographs
Personal belongings
Photographs, family members
Mendel Kapulkin, 1924--1941
Creators:
Cherna Kapulkina