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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... cold asphalt and were forbidden to move . It was freezing outside , and windows and doors were left open . Though we shivered , we were not permitted to change position . On Monday morning the hooligans who had been brought in from ...
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... cold winter day at the start of the war , before the closing of the ghetto . That day the frost was so biting that my breath froze in the air , and I had no coal to feed the oven . I wrapped myself in my shawl and left the house for the ...
... cold winter day at the start of the war , before the closing of the ghetto . That day the frost was so biting that my breath froze in the air , and I had no coal to feed the oven . I wrapped myself in my shawl and left the house for the ...
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... cold and hungry ; and suddenly my thoughts turned to my mother and father . They were gone forever ... I never longed for them so much as in that moment . My sister and brother were gone too , but they might come back . They were young ...
... cold and hungry ; and suddenly my thoughts turned to my mother and father . They were gone forever ... I never longed for them so much as in that moment . My sister and brother were gone too , but they might come back . They were young ...
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Preface | 9 |
The Onslaught | 27 |
Infamy | 34 |
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