Amid the shortages experienced during World War II and the Holocaust, many people relied on the black market to obtain food and other necessary items illegally. The black market facilitated resistance and survival, but it also provided opportunities for people to enrich themselves at the expense of others in need.
black market
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust"Food, Money, and Human Life"
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Jechiel Górny
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDP Camp Trial File of Chaim Chajet
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustLetter from Karl Kretschmer to His Family
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Ruth Goldbarth to Edit Blau
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Zbigniew Kelhoffer to Sydonia Kelhoffer
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Nazi Propaganda and National Unity
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RulePropaganda Poster: “A Word to All!”
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustWładysław Szlengel, "Bread"