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First workshops established in the ghetto
The first workshops were described as the foundation of the ghetto, according to Rumkowski.
Expansion of ghetto workshops
Ghetto workshops gradually began accepting work from the outside world and diversified into various trades.
Announcement of ghetto residents' deportation
A street poster announced that some ghetto residents would be sent away.
Confinement in the ghetto
Families were confined and apparently forbidden to appear on the enclosed street.
Clearing of the ghetto area
Cleaners entered the area after the last group had disappeared; the passage does not establish that they had been killed.
Reported German demand for children and elderly people
Rumors claimed Germans demanded children under ten and infirm elderly people from Rumkowskin.
Closure of statistical and labor offices
The statistical office and labor office were closed following Rumkowski’s order.
Order to provide children and elderly people
German authorities ordered Rumkowski to provide 20,000 children and elderly ghetto residents to the Roll Command for removal.
General curfew in the ghetto
A general curfew was announced for the entire ghetto population beginning September 5.
Selection involving Sukhavolski
A murderer tore up Sukhavolski’s letter and handed him to the Jewish Police.
David Gertler's removal from the ghetto
David Gertler was taken out of the ghetto in summer 1942.
Education of Young Children in 1943
Teachers and educators provided young children with nearly normal education under ghetto conditions.
Dr. Weisskopf attacks Bibow
Dr. Weisskopf attacked Bibow with bare hands during the bunker inspection.
Vishniove
Place named in a song about dysentery and ghetto life.
Kune Leml
A song character described as a fire brigade officer and commander.
Prancishkaner and Zavishe streets
Street intersection where a food shop operated in the ghetto.
Yona Pilitzer
A person associated with the place where potatoes were left exposed.
Theater activity resumed
Theater activity resumed in May 1942 after cultural life restarted.
Hall converted into a labor resort
The hall on Krawiecka was converted into a labor resort after the Sperre.
Metal 1
A workplace or workshop that emerged in the ghetto's expanding work sector.
Moshe Tafel enters the Łódź ghetto
Moshe Tafel entered the Łódź ghetto in April 1940; the wording about entering together with others is OCR-unclear.
Metal 2
A workplace or workshop that emerged shortly after Metal 1.
Reich
Political territory where the refugees were told they were being sent.
Austrian Jews
Austrian Jews are described as assimilated to another culture.
the Roma group
A group whose disappearance marked the end of the first settlement and deportation.
Moshe Tafel becomes official ghetto cantor
After entering the ghetto, Tafel became the official cantor at a synagogue on Brzeziner 22.
Arrest of Moshe Tafeln
Moshe Tafeln was captured while listening to radio in the ghetto.
Transport from Auschwitz to Chemnitz
The narrator was one of 800 people brought from Auschwitz to Chemnitz.
Death march from Chemnitz to Pilsen
Prisoners were taken from Chemnitz toward Pilsen while stragglers were shot.
Threatened arrest after a food strike
Police threatened to arrest the workers after their food strike; no arrest is recorded.
Transfer to Lochhof near Munich
The workers were transferred from the previous location to Lochhof near Munich.
Transfer to Augsburg
The group of girls was transferred to Augsburg around 1942 to work in an ammunition factory.
Lodz victims memorial dedication
Dedication commemorating those from Lodz who perished.
Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
A leader of Lodz’s Jewish representation together with his council.
Rumkowski’s council
The council led jointly with Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski.
Wilki
A place name said to have remained in common usage.