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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... waiting . The sun rose , and we were still waiting . The fast day came to a close , and nothing happened . Then at midnight a German soldier unlocked the trap door and released us , without any explanation . We learned that when it had ...
... waiting . The sun rose , and we were still waiting . The fast day came to a close , and nothing happened . Then at midnight a German soldier unlocked the trap door and released us , without any explanation . We learned that when it had ...
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... waiting in the corridor while a Gestapo agent examined our documents . I became suspicious and asked Rumkowski , " Do you think that we will come out alive ? " " I guarantee with my head that nothing will happen to us here , " he ...
... waiting in the corridor while a Gestapo agent examined our documents . I became suspicious and asked Rumkowski , " Do you think that we will come out alive ? " " I guarantee with my head that nothing will happen to us here , " he ...
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... waiting ... waiting for a miracle . Finally we turned to the German authorities and asked to be released . They wanted to know our destination and proof that we had people to receive us . We declared that we had relatives in Ostrowce ...
... waiting ... waiting for a miracle . Finally we turned to the German authorities and asked to be released . They wanted to know our destination and proof that we had people to receive us . We declared that we had relatives in Ostrowce ...
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Preface | 9 |
The Onslaught | 27 |
Infamy | 34 |
Urheberrecht | |
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