Person · Jewish Council leader
Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
מרדכי חיים
רומקאָווסקין
The Germans appointed Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski as Jewish elder in October.
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... אין חודש אָקטאָבער נאָמינירן די דייטשן מרדכי חיים
רומקאָווסקין אלס , יודן-עלטעסטער", און באפוילן אים אוים-
צושטעלן אן , עלטעסטןך-ראַט?,. רומקאווסקי אַרגאניזירט אזא
ראַט, וועלכער איז באַשטאַנען פון פּראָמינענטע געזעלשאַפט-
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Organization
First Jewish Council
Organized
Event
Formation of the Jewish Council
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Rabbi Treistman
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Jewish community of Lodz
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Organization
First Jewish Council
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Place
Pomorska 18
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Place
Łódź
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Institution
Rabbinat
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Institution
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Organized
Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski → First Jewish Council
רומקאווסקי אַרגאניזירט אזא ראַט
He organized the council, but the passage does not explicitly use a leadership title.
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