[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements--Meaning of "leder gimze"

[Victor Bers]

Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements

April 24, 2012

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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:47:51 -0400
From: Gloria Berkenstat Freund <gbfreund18 at gmail.com>
Subject:  Meaning of "gimze"

I am translating an article from the Kurow Yizkor Book. There is a 
reference to "leder gimzes". The phrase appears in a paragraph about a 
Polish shoemaker who agreed to hide Jews in exchange for 10 
"leder gimzes." Does anyone know what a leather "gimze" is?

Gloria Berkenstat Freund
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