Preserved Evidence: Ghetto Lodz, Band 1H. Eibeshitz Institute for Holocaust Studies, 1998 A history of the Łódź ghetto, interspersed with numerous excerpts from survivors' testimonies and documents from the Yad Vashem archives. Vol. I discusses the first days of the occupation; the activities of Chaim Rumkowski and the Judenrat; work in the ghetto, which the Jews believed could save them; the situation of the children; religious life, which went on despite the unbearable conditions; the deportations to Chełmno; attempts at passive resistance; and the ghetto's liquidation in 1944. Only 870 Jews from the ghetto survived. In Vol. II, pp. 377-447, "Auschwitz", contain excerpts from accounts by Jews of Łódź who survived Auschwitz. Pp. 448-502, "The Marches", contain accounts of those who were transferred from Auschwitz to various labor camps. Pp. 515-684 contain personal accounts on the Łódź ghetto and on postwar Poland. One of the accounts deals with the activities of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement in the ghetto. |
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... ( Jewish Elderes ) . The Germans , however , did not want any autonomous bodies to function . They requested that Rumkowski organize a new Jewish council , whose members were selected by the German commissioner . After receiving a list of ...
... ( Jewish Elderes ) . The Germans , however , did not want any autonomous bodies to function . They requested that Rumkowski organize a new Jewish council , whose members were selected by the German commissioner . After receiving a list of ...
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... Jewish Council or you go to prison . " Of course I chose the Jewish Council . As Council members we received " iron letters , " permitting us to move freely in the streets normally forbidden to Jews ; we were exempt from forced labor ...
... Jewish Council or you go to prison . " Of course I chose the Jewish Council . As Council members we received " iron letters , " permitting us to move freely in the streets normally forbidden to Jews ; we were exempt from forced labor ...
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... Jewish council secretary Michael Kenig , and relative of prominent journalist Isaiah Uger Until the outbreak of World War II , I had worked as a secretary in the Lodz Jewish Council . The day the Germans captured Lodz they seized all ...
... Jewish council secretary Michael Kenig , and relative of prominent journalist Isaiah Uger Until the outbreak of World War II , I had worked as a secretary in the Lodz Jewish Council . The day the Germans captured Lodz they seized all ...
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Preface | 9 |
The Onslaught | 27 |
Infamy | 34 |
Urheberrecht | |
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