Łódź
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Drewnowska
Street associated with the Polish Hospital.
The ghetto
The ghetto described during wartime events and religious life.
Hevra Nos'ei ha-Mita
Religious association where prayer occurred during the High Holy Days.
Czechia
Country from which refugees were deported.
Raskin
Cantor of the Vilker synagogue.
Vilker Synagogue
Synagogue whose cantor is identified as Raskin.
Rumkowski’s police
Police organization that housed refugees in schools and vacant apartments.
Schools
Schools used to house refugees during the summer vacation period.
Tischler Resort
Resort that rapidly set up hundreds of bunks for refugees.
Lagewnicka Street
A street in the Łódź ghetto where clothing was traded.
Jewish refugees
Refugees from varied backgrounds entered the ghetto robbed and broken.
Czech Jews
Czech Jews are described as assimilated to a different culture.
Cologne
Cologne Jews are contrasted with Jews from Berlin.
Polish Jews
The Polish Jewish population formerly characterized the ghetto.
German Jews
German Jews were accepted into the ghetto administrative apparatus.
Symphony orchestra
The orchestra was enriched with first-class musicians from their home regions.
Approximately twenty thousand refugees
Approximately twenty thousand refugees arrived in the ghetto within two months.
German and Czech Jews
German and Czech Jews arrived in the ghetto after schools closed.
Łódź Ghetto Administration
The ghetto administration assisted families facing deportation.
Elder of the Jews in Litzmannstadt Ghetto
The office held by Rumkowski in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto.
Rumkowski
Named figure associated with trusting the Germans in the ghetto narrative.
the Germans
Authority whom Rumkowski was described as trusting.
1949 deportation operation
A deportation operation continued from January into April 1949 and displaced over forty thousand people.
May 1942 deportation operation
About ten thousand ghetto residents were slated for deportation by May 12, 1942.
Unnamed Young Man
A sanitation worker beaten by a German guard after attempting to hide paper.
Unnamed German Guard
A German guard who severely beat a sanitation worker.
Hayim Vidavski
A person whose house was visited by a ghetto policeman.
an unnamed ghetto policeman
A ghetto policeman who discovered a child and handed it to a German guard.
a German guard
A German guard who killed an infant and threatened the policeman.
Wieluń
Nearby town from which Polish Jews were transported into the ghetto.
Piotrków
Nearby town from which Polish Jews were transported into the ghetto.
Zduńska Wola
Nearby town from which Polish Jews were transported into the ghetto.
Bełchatów
Nearby town from which Polish Jews were transported into the ghetto.
Jewish public school at Widok 7
Former Jewish public school used to receive clothing.
Franciszkaner 80
Address where shoes were sent.
Chaim Bunin
Directed distribution or handling of clothing and shoes.