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Hospital for Psychiatric Patients
A psychiatric hospital ward liquidated that day.
Statistical Office
Office reportedly closed following Rumkowski’s order.
Labor Office
Office reportedly closed following Rumkowski’s order.
Lutomierska 15
Location of the firefighters’ large hall in the ghetto.
Radogoshch Railway Station
Railway station where freight wagons reportedly awaited those taken.
Marishin
Area identified as being within the ghetto.
Baluty Square
A square whose carriers worked in provisioning operations.
Glazer
Director of the glove factory on Dworska who issued work-registration instructions.
Lutomierska 1
Address of the labor office where applicants were to obtain certification.
Shenitsky
Person associated with the place known as Shenitsky's Kingdom.
Shenitsky's Kingdom
Colloquial name for the labor-office location on Lutomierska 1.
Children in the Lodz Ghetto
Ghetto children understood the danger and their limited chances of survival.
Elderly people
The passage also describes elderly people affected by the situation.
Jewish Order Service
Ghetto police expected to assist Rumkowski in carrying out the order.
M. H. Rumkowski
Ghetto governor mentioned in connection with the assembled crowd and perceived danger.
Lodz Ghetto population
Population ordered to remain confined during a general curfew.
Lodz Jewish ghetto
The Jewish ghetto community described in the passage.
White Guard
The White Guard carriers from Baluty Square worked in provisioning.
Ghetto residents
Ghetto residents sought protection from deportation and victimization.
German murderers
German perpetrators took over gathering the required number of victims.
Children and elderly people
Children and elderly people were among those affected by the ghetto operation.
Sukhavolski
A Jewish teacher and Lithuanian Jew who operated a chocolate and halvah factory before the war.
Jewish Police
Police to whom the teacher was handed after the letter was destroyed.
Vegetable Market
Market gate where hundreds of Jews gathered and were shot.
Jewish elder
The Jewish elder summoned and beaten by Bibov.
Jewish Orphanage in Helenówek
The Jewish orphanage for which Rumkowski was guardian before the war.
Rumkowski's Kitchen
A kitchen that distributed holiday cholent to workers.
Nazhitz family
A family living at Młynarska 18 in the ghetto.
18 Młynarska Street
An address where a Nazhitz family child became ill.
German worker
A German worker who provided medicine and received gifts from the family.
Gold necklace with a pendant
A necklace given to a German worker as an expression of gratitude.
Sonder-Polizei
Police organization over which David Gertler assumed authority.
Family members
Family members divided food rations among themselves in the ghetto.
Six children at home
Six children at home weighed out bread rations for their parents.
Krawiecka 8
Address of the Culture House where revue performances were held.
Culture House
Venue where revue performances were staged in the ghetto.