Artifacts - Nessy Marks

Photograph of Nessy Marks' mother and aunt taken before the war.

Opened view of a German Reich Work Book for Foreigners issued to Nessy Marks, listing Lithuania as her country of birth and her marital status as single. The document allowed aliens to work; the Nazi eagle stamp can be seen next to her photograph.

Cover of a German Reich Work Book for Foreigners issued to Nessy Marks

Cover of a German Reich Provisional Passport for Foreigners. This temporary passport was issued to Jews in occupied Lithuania.

First page of Nessy Marks' provisional passport, showing her false identity as Elena Patalauskaite.

Open view of Nessy Marks' provisional passport, showing her false identity as Elena Patalauskaite. The pass has a total of sixteen pages.

Open view of Nessy Marks' provisional passport, showing her false identity as Elena Patalauskaite. Three Nazi stamps can be seen on this document. The pass is valid for Mecklenburg.

Nessy Marks' father with Nessy, who is sitting on a chair with her arm around her brother, and her five brothers and sisters.

All of the Marks children in their birth order, right to left, circa 1927. Nessy can be seen third from left.

Nessy Marks' entire family before the war. Nessy Marks is pictured on the extreme right, circa 1930.