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Work at Hasag
The narrator and daughter traveled daily to Hasag, where the daughter worked in a garden.
Transport of children
A truck arrived carrying seventeen children under seventeen, including younger Pasternak.
German evacuation
Germans evacuated people by train, taking up to one thousand daily.
Rescue after German flight
A Russian advance guard caused the Germans to flee, saving the remaining people.
Narrator’s birth
The narrator states she was born in Lodz.
Narrator’s marriage
The narrator states she married in 1920.
Journey to Skierniewice
The narrator and accompanying relatives left by the Brzeziny road for Skierniewice.
Return to Lodz
The narrator returned to Lodz with a group after traveling through Glowno.
Death of the narrator’s child
The narrator’s child became ill with tuberculosis and died despite receiving the narrator’s ration.
Deaths of the narrator’s parents
The narrator’s parents died of hunger.
Systematic deportations
Deportations proceeded systematically, beginning with hospital patients and elderly people.
Deportation in August 1944
The unnamed narrator was deported in August 1944, shortly before liquidation.
Transport to Birkenau
The prisoners were transported to Birkenau after processing at Auschwitz.
Transfer to an ammunition factory
Workers able to work were sent to Fodetenland, Halberstadt, and an ammunition factory.
Liberation of Lodz
The narrator was told that Lodz had already been liberated.
Death of the narrator's husband
The narrator learns that her husband died in a hospital.
Death of Itshe Meir
Itshe Meir died at an unspecified time and remained unburied for an entire day.
Children protest punishment over withheld lunch
Children refused lunch to protest a teacher withholding a girl's meal.
School operated for children
A school for children was organized during the preceding months.
Children’s strike at Schneirer Resort
A children's strike took place at Schneirer Resort on May 8, 1944, at 30 Lanevunitske Street.
Dismissal of four boys
Rotenberg dismissed four boys, after which the boys and other children carried out a work stoppage.
Strike led by Radziner's son
Radziner's son led a strike.
Shooting of the Mandels' daughter
Hans Bibow shot and seriously wounded the Mandels' daughter after she resisted him.
Expulsion of the Mandels family
Hans Bibow ordered the entire Mandels family sent away from the camp.
Defense of the cellar entrance
Dr. Weisskop heroically defended the cellar entrance during an attack.
Escape of family members
Dr. Weisskop’s desperate defense enabled some family members to escape.
David Khalodenko arrives in Lodz
David Khalodenko arrived in Lodz in 1908.
David Kholodenko returned from Kyiv
Kholodenko returned to Lodz with his family in 1919 after World War I began.
David Kholodenko moved to Warsaw
At the beginning of 1940, Kholodenko went to Warsaw with his wife.
Yidish Lodzsh: Yizkor Book
A Yizkor book about Lodz, published in Melbourne in 1974.
David Kholodenko was killed
David Kholodenko fell during resistance to the January 1943 Nazi deportation operation.
Judith Kholodenko died
Judith Kholodenko died in Poniatowa camp during autumn 1943.
Arrival of Jews from Germany and Czechia
Tens of thousands of Jews were brought from Germany and Czechia to the Lodz Ghetto in October 1941.
Organization of small schools in Marysin
Five small schools were organized in Marysin in January 1942.
Transformation of Lodz Ghetto into labor camp
In 1942, the Lodz Ghetto became a large labor camp.
Collective groups established in Marysin
Collective farms and youth collectives were established in Marysin in early May 1940.