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Princess Helene
Woman referred to by Bibow as “Princess Helene.”
Central Prison
An institution listed among places remaining within the closed area.
Secret State Police
An organization listed in the announcement.
Abraham Tsikert
Named author or contributor associated with the passage.
Closure of the Lodz ghetto
The Lodz ghetto was formally and completely closed on May 1, 1940.
Rumkowski's community
Rumkowski's community operated cooperative food stores in the ghetto.
Hospitals
Hospitals are listed among the ghetto administration’s services.
Political parties
Political parties viewed one another with suspicion in the ghetto.
Chaim Rumkowski
Named as the author of a familiar motif.
Jewish ghetto community
The Jewish street of the ghetto is described in May 1940.
Ghetto
The ghetto is described as a setting of changing realities.
Ghetto
The passage describes institutions intended to bring order to the ghetto.
Balut ghetto quarter
The Balut ghetto quarter received a name associated with its former inhabitants.
Cooperative food stores
Cooperative food stores operated alongside private businesses in the ghetto.
Rumkowski’s ghetto bank
Implemented the exchange of money for ghetto currency.
Hans Bibow
Camp official who attacked the Mandels' daughter and ordered the family expelled.
29 Pietrikover
An address where a fiddler played in a café.
Ghetto Fire Brigade
The ghetto fire brigade reportedly called people Kune Lemls.
Yankele
Named person who sang a song in summer 1941.
Free market
Market where food could still be purchased until early November.
Cooperatives
Cooperatives selling groats during the summer months.
Food shop
A food shop operating near the Prancishkaner and Zavishe streets.
Court singers
Singing group whose condition symbolized changes in the ghetto.
Rumkowski's school system
School system that began functioning in October 1940.
24 Franciszkańska Street
Building at 24 Franciszkańska divided into several schools.
Culture House at Krawiecka 3
Culture House where early events and music concerts occurred.
S. H. Rumkowski
The Lodz ghetto official who supplied Jewish labor to German companies.
SS Death's Head Division
The SS unit that directly supplied Jewish workers to German companies.
Outside the Ghetto
The location where thousands of young people registered for work.
Yona Pilitzer's place
A place in the Łódź Ghetto where potatoes were left exposed.
Brother of the writer
The writer's brother registered for work outside the ghetto during the first winter.
Free University
Informal free university active in the ghetto.
Lutomierska 11
Building of administrators where the free university met.
Hospital system
Hospital system occupying prewar medical-insurance and Polish hospital buildings.
Lagiewnicka 20
Prewar medical-insurance building used by the hospital system.
Polish Hospital
Polish hospital included in the ghetto hospital system.