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Holocaust murder and persecution
Six million Jews were killed through persecution, burning, gas chambers, and combat.
Great Jewish cemetery on Marishin
A Jewish cemetery mentioned among locations where people were buried.
Lower Silesia
Region containing new settlement points described as hostile and foreign.
Jewish community in Lodz
Postwar Jewish community whose development proceeded in two directions.
Kibbutzim
Collective settlements receiving people through the Zionist movement.
Germany
A temporary destination for some emigrants.
Jewish Committee
Organization providing aid and a repatriant house to Jewish community members.
Repatriant House
Facility assisting newly arrived people.
Jewish Workers Committee
A Jewish organization that contributed funds for relief.
Jewish Historical Commission
The commission was located at Narutowicza Street 29.
Ber Mark
Ber Mark led the Jewish Historical Institute.
Medem Sanatorium
A sanatorium featured in a film shown publicly.
First Jewish school in Lodz
The first Jewish school in Lodz was maintained by the Jewish Committee.
English-American Commission
An English-American commission investigated Jewish public opinion.
Grand Hotel
A location where thousands of Jews gathered.
Kielce Pogrom
A pogrom referenced as prompting a Jewish gathering with demands.
Zionist institutions
Institutions closed during communist control of Jewish life.
Bundist institutions
Institutions closed during communist control of Jewish life.
Jewish newspaper
The Jewish newspaper was transferred from Lodz to Warsaw.
Printing press
The printing press was transferred to Warsaw.
Writers' association
The writers' association was transferred to Warsaw.
Theater
The theater was transferred to Warsaw.
Jewish Lodz
The Jewish Lodz described as a creative center and young settlement.
Polish provinces
People from neglected Polish provinces migrated toward Lodz.
Volhynia
Volhynia is named among regions whose people were drawn to Lodz.
Israel Poznanski
A rural merchant who became a magnate associated with palaces and factories.
Jewish cemetery
A devastated Jewish cemetery depicted in the passage.
Lodz in 1974
Lodz as described in 1974, still marked by autumn 1939.
Israel Klemens
A Jewish textile entrepreneur associated with Lodz’s industrial development.
Old Town
A market and surrounding streets in Lodz, including Jewish and Polish-named streets.
Stara Wies
A locality identified as the old village on one side of the market.
Drewnowska Street
A Polish-named street near Old Town.
Podzeczna Street
A Jewish-named street near Old Town.
Heintzl
A German textile manufacturer mentioned as a comparison.
Geyer
A German textile manufacturer mentioned alongside Heintzl and Scheibler.
Scheibler
A German textile manufacturer mentioned alongside Heintzl and Geyer.