1-3. Three items with various postmarks of the Postabteilung (Postal Department) of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat: Two postal envelopes with postage stamps and postmarks dated April, 1940; stationery postcard (with pre-printed form) / self-addressed postcard mailed to a prisoner-of-war camp, (Stalag), July 21, 1943.
4. Postcard sent from Łódź to Vienna, December, 1941. Postmarked "Litzmannstadt", additional inked stamp reading "Litzmannstadt – groeste Textil-Industrie Im Osten" ("Litzmannstadt – The Largest Textile Plant in the East").
5. Postcard sent from Prague to the Łódź Ghetto, with an inked stamp from Prague reading "Ältestenrat der Juden in Prag," and additional inked stamps from Łódź, dated June 16, 1942.
6. Empty pre-printed stationery postcard issued by the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1943.
7. Stationery envelope titled "Sonderabteilung," with the inked stamp of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, and the specific designation "Arbeits-Ressort" (Labor Department). Undated.
8. Ration coupon for bread issued by the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1943.
9. A form titled "Dringende aufforderung" (Urgent Request), issued by the Vollstreckungsstelle (Enforcement Office) of the Łódź Ghetto, 1940.
10. A form titled "Kassen-bericht" (payment stub) of the "Verpflegungs-abteilung" ("Food Supply Department") of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1941.
11-13. Three forms titled "Einlieferungsschein" (consignment slip), requesting assistance packages to be sent by mail, two for inmates of Birkenau (Auschwitz), and one for a Jew in the Łódź Ghetto.
14. Postcard mailed from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, addressed to Oskar Schulz, at the "AF 562 Oslavan Arbeitergruppe" labor camp, 1943. No postage stamp.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.

Twenty-nine letter envelopes exchanged between Jewish family members and relatives in Europe and the United States during the Holocaust period. The Camp de Gurs detention camp in France; Cologne, Germany; London, England; and New York, 1938-42.
1-10. Ten letter envelopes representing correspondence between Dr. Richard Katzenstein of Cologne, Germany, and his relative, Walter Katzenstein of New York. 1938-42. Nine were sent to New York, and one was mailed in the opposite direction and returned to sender. The envelopes from Cologne bear censor stickers and the inked stamps of approval of the Wehrmacht, as well as the inked stamps of the Cologne Judenrat (Jewish Council), of the sender (on one, the middle name "Israel" is added), and of other agencies; they also have postmarks and postage stamps of the Third Reich. The envelope from New York has American postmarks, inked stamps, and postage stamps. One envelope – the latest in this chain of correspondence – was sent by Dr. Richard Katzenstein from London, England in early 1942.
11-29. Nineteen letter envelopes representing correspondence between Hermann and Charlotte Doiny, a couple incarcerated in the Camp de Gurs detention camp in France, and their relatives in New York. 1940-42. Twelve of the envelopes were mailed from Camp de Gurs to New York, while the rest were sent in the opposite direction and returned to the sender. The envelopes sent from de Gurs bear the postmarks of the camp and the inked stamps of camp's censor and other agencies, as well as postage stamps of Vichy France. The envelopes sent from New York are marked with "Return to Sender" inked stamps in French and English, along with the inked stamps of the de Gurs's camp's censor, the Wehrmacht, and other agencies. They also have American postage stamps.
Also: Three of the envelopes still contain the letters (in German) originally enclosed in them.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.

24 letter envelopes, postcards, and permits marked with the inked stamps of the "Altestenrat der Juden in Prag" – the Jewish Council of Elders [or Judenrat] of Prague – and additional inked stamps of the appointed leadership of the Jewish community at the time of the Holocaust. Prague, 1940-44. German and Czech.
1-2. Two work permits issued to Olga Beran by the Judenrat of Prague – a onetime permit dated September 10, 1943, allowing Beran to move about undisturbed during the hours of the nighttime curfew, and the identity card of a permanent employee of the Prague Judenrat, issued June 30, 1944.
3-7. Five letters written on postcards (three handwritten and two typewritten) mailed from Prague in the years 1941-44. Two of the letters are addressed to the head of the Gettoverwaltung – Jewish Ghetto Administration – of the Lodz Ghetto, requesting information regarding family and relatives, and bear the official inked stamps of the administrative department. One of the letters was mailed to the United States.
8-24. Seventeen letter envelopes marked with the inked stamps of the Judenrat of Prague. Sent from Prague to New York, Zurich, Chile, and various destinations in what is today the Czech Republic. 1940-43.
Three of the items bear the inked stamps of Jewish leadership of the Ghetto; two are marked "Jüdische Kultus Gemeinde Prag" and one is stamped "Altestenrat der Juden fuer prot. Bohemen – Maehren."
In addition to the inked stamps of the Jewish leadership, the envelopes have the inked stamps of the High Command of the Wehrmacht ("OKW – Oberkommando der Wehrmacht"), the official censor and other agencies, and the postage stamps of the Third Reich and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Also enclosed: A letter envelope marked with the inked stamp of the Venusberg forced labor camp – a subsidiary of the Flossenbürg concentration camp – whose prisoners, among them roughly 1,000 Jewish women, were put to slave labor producing airplane parts at the local Junkers factory. With a postmark dated July 27, 1944, and a postage stamp of the Third Reich.
Varying sizes and condition. Overall good condition.

Two pieces of paper scrip from the Buchenwald concentration camp. 1940s.
1. Scrip, bill with face value of 2 Reichsmarks, for Buchenwald inmates.
10.5X7.5 cm.
2. Scrip, bill with face value of 1 Reichsmark, for inmates of Buchenwald's subsidiary camps (Aussenkommando). With inked stamp of the Rottleberode camp.
Approx. 10.5X8 cm.
Fair condition. Stains and creases. Minor tears to edges.