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Unveiling of the Lodz martyrs monument
The monument commemorating Lodz martyrs was unveiled on 27 September 1989.
Birth of Max Haber
Max Haber was born in Lodz on 18 October 1943.
Matis Haber volunteers for service in Israel
Matis Haber volunteered to serve in Israel during the June 1967 war.
Matis Haber dies from wounds
Matis Haber was severely wounded at Al-Arish and died from his injuries.
Moshe Hirsh comes to Australia
Moshe Hirsh came to Australia with his family in 1926.
Holocaust murder and persecution
Six million Jews were killed through persecution, burning, gas chambers, and combat.
Kielce Pogrom
A pogrom referenced as prompting a Jewish gathering with demands.
First World War
The passage refers to the period before the end of the First World War.
Interwar period
The period between the two world wars, described as especially significant.
Paris peace conferences
Peace conferences where Jewish representatives defended Jewish rights in Poland.
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution is described as part of the poet’s experience.
Nazi atrocities
Nazi-era horrors are listed among historical and contemporary Jewish catastrophes.
Stalinist atrocities
Stalinist horrors are listed among historical and contemporary Jewish catastrophes.
Pogroms
Pogroms are listed among historical and contemporary Jewish catastrophes.
Poale Zion split
Poale Zion split into Left and Right factions in 1922.
Right Poale Zion–Zeiri Zion union
Right Poale Zion united with Zeiri Zion in 1929.
Gymnasium dance evening
A school dance evening where the narrator invited Maroyla Shur.
Closure of the Lodz ghetto
The Lodz ghetto was formally and completely closed on May 1, 1940.
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.
Tashemka brothers’ art exhibition
An exhibition where the brothers displayed paintings to a closed circle.
Literary evenings
Literary evenings included recitations and some singing in the ghetto.
Typhus epidemic
A spotted-typhus epidemic broke out in the camp.
German roundup for forced labor
German soldiers took Jews for work and assaulted residents who resisted.
Release of captured Jews
Captured Jews escaped from the truck while a German soldier returned toward the narrator’s home.
Ghetto archive work
Opoczynski and Zelkowicz worked in Warsaw and Lodz ghetto archives.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Anniversary
An annual commemoration used to express mourning for Lodz Jewry.
Visit of the Anglo-American Commission
A major political event in postwar Lodz was the visit of an Anglo-American commission.
Jewish demonstration
A Jewish demonstration took place near the Grand Hotel and stopped street traffic.
Warsaw Uprising
Uprising organized in August 1944.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The fifth anniversary of the heroic uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto is mentioned.
World War II
World War II is mentioned as preceding the memorial initiative.
Proposal for the Lodz almanac
The idea of publishing an almanac devoted to Lodz arose at the Lodz landsmanshaft general meeting in 1960.
Yiddish theater performances at Chari
Yiddish theater plays were performed successfully at Chari in Lodz.
Jewish school maintained by the committee
The Jewish Committee maintained the first Jewish school in Lodz.
Opening of a private gymnasium
Katzenelson opened a private gymnasium in central Lodz in the late 1920s.