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Mass liquidation of Jews in Częstochowa
Mass liquidation of Jews in Częstochowa began by Yom Kippur 1942; thousands were taken daily.
Seeking visas in Lodz
The narrator and wife sought visas after obtaining passport extensions and exit permits.
Killing of Yitzhak's parents
Yitzhak's parents were shot by a gendarme and killed at Kavie Nos.
Mass killing at Kavie Nos
Approximately 1,400 Jews, including the narrator’s mother and father, were shot at Kavie Nos; Kavie Nos is the place, not a victim participant.
Liquidation of Kalenbrenner
Germans liquidated Kalenbrenner after he ceased being useful.
Shooting of narrator’s wife
German perpetrators immediately shot the narrator’s wife after selecting her.
Families shot at the cemetery
Approximately fifty families were taken to the cemetery and shot.
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.