to accept any payment. He showed us which roads to take so as to have time
to find overnight accommodation before the curfew (6 p.m.).
ARG I 909 (Ring. I/967)
Description: duplicate (2 copies), handwritten (MS*), pencil, Yiddish,
148×208 mm, minor damage and fragments missing, 6 sheets, 6 pages. In the
margins, the sign “Ш” (possibly the Hebrew letter « ש» or Russian letter “Ш”)
(ink). Attached is a cover with two handwritten notes in Yiddish: by an unknown
hand: “Return to Łódź. 3 pages, 2 copies, legible, duplicate” and by Hersh Wasser
“1939. Mordkhe Schwartzbard”. The document was kept in a binder. This document is probably a continuation of Doc. 7.
Edition based on first copy of duplicate, 3 sheets, 3 pages.
Date unknown, Warsaw ghetto, author unknown, ”די באַנק־הייַזער אין
לאָדזש“ [Banking houses in Łódź]. Restrictions on the use and circulation
of money. Takeover of banks by Germans.
[1] Banking houses in Łódź
Already in September [1939] a decree was issued concerning the circulation
of money.¹⁶⁸ Its main principle was that a Jew was allowed to possess only
2,000 zlotys, and that any excess amount was to be paid into a blocked bank
account. This regulation was binding not only on private individuals but also
on all businesses, even joint-stock companies. Furthermore, a Jewish company
could receive a maximum of 500 zlotys on any invoice, with the excess
to be paid into the blocked account. Aryan companies were allowed to receive
payments without limit. Payments between Jewish companies were settled
by moving funds from one blocked account to another. The accounts were
interest-free and there was no fee to pay. Payments for workers and employees,
taxes, energy supplies, etc. could be made by the banks after submission
of the relevant declarations and documentary evidence. Owners were allowed
to receive 250 zlotys weekly for personal expenses. The banks accumulated
168 See Doc. 5.
