Lot 837
Riga Ghetto Identity Card. In German. Two pages, recto, small octavo, Riga Ghetto, n.d. Handwritten and printed in black ink on heavy stock. An identity card for the Central Work Station in the Riga Ghetto which has not been filled out. Heavy soiling and staining, tape strengthening, small hole on first page. Poor condition.
Most of the Jews in Riga who could not work were killed in short order. The remaining Jews were put into forced labor until they became too weak or ill to work and continuing actions by the Nazis and their Latvian sympathizers resulted in more and more murders and deportations. By December of 1943 the Riga Ghetto had been cleared of its occupants.
Estimated Value $50-UP.
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