Lot 298
Litzmannstadt Ghetto. Located in the town of Lodz, Poland. It was established in early 1940 for Jews and Roma (gypsies) and was the second largest ghetto (Warsaw Ghetto was the largest) in German-occupied Poland. Because Litzmannstadt became a major manufacturer of supplies for the German Army, it was the last ghetto in Poland to be liquidated. In August 1944, the remaining inhabitants of Litzmannstadt were sent to Auschwitz.
This lot contains international correspondence to and from the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. It includes: an envelope with both Lodz and Litzmannstadt cancellations and a stamped, historically-important notice: "By order of the Führer" that from April. 11, 1940, the city name of Lodz would be Litzmannstadt; a letter with postal cancellation, "Der Ãlteste der Juden"; a letter cancelled with remark, "Addressed individual can't be located"; postcards with German military seals and censure seals; postcards with stamped return address: "Der Ãlteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt CH. RUMKOWSKI"; postcards addressed to the Ãlteste der Juden; an envelope to ghetto-leader Rumkowsky from the Red Cross--returned because the sender couldn't be found; cards returned because of content or because they were not written in German (Hebrew and Yiddish were forbidden); a Ghetto ID card for Josef Kalinski, 15 years old, with a stamped cancellation dated June 23, 1944, "Went with Transport"--followed by a small gothic "a" which denoted Auschwitz (Beginning in December 1941, deportations to Chelmno and Auschwitz--both death camps--began. Jewish leader Chaim Rumkowski was forced to make the first selection of those who would be sent to their deaths; he and his family were sent to the gas chambers at Auschwitz when the ghetto was liquidated in 1944). Approximately 75 items. Should be seen to be appreciated.
NOTE: See Lot 77 for a valuable collection of first and second issue stamps from the Litzmannstadt Ghetto.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
Ex Rosedale Collection.
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