Printed food ration card. Black ink on white paper. Rectangular format with landscape orientation. Middle column with fillable entries and expiration date. Several small coupons on both sides for food products - bread, sugar, salt, potato, etc. In German.

Food Ration Card

Vilna Ghetto, 1943. Document

Unused food ration card from the Vilna Ghetto, valid for the month July 1943.

Digitization of this artifact has been made possible by the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project.

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