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Opening of Weinberg’s restaurant
Weinberg opened his own restaurant at 64 Piotrkowska in 1928.
Weinberg’s military service
Weinberg served behind Kyiv with the 4th Regiment in 1920.
Opening of the Europe Restaurant
The narrator opened the Europe Restaurant at 4 Lanevunitska during the ghetto period.
Arrest of the restaurant operator
The narrator was arrested after Rumkowski learned of the unauthorized restaurant.
Narrator’s imprisonment
The unnamed narrator was thrown into prison and held with many others; the passage does not identify the perpetrator.
Freezing deaths in 1942
Hungry people froze to death during an unbearable winter in 1942.
Deportation to Auschwitz
The narrator was sent to Auschwitz in 1944.
Arrival at Birkenau
The narrator arrived at Birkenau while mass killing in the ovens was ending.
Nighttime visit to Auschwitz crematoria
Mashal Hasid and Yanek Tsinyan took the narrator to see Auschwitz crematoria.
Work in Chemnitz
The narrator worked as a mechanic in Auto Union munitions factories.
Friend shot during flight
A soldier shot and killed the narrator’s fleeing friend; the evidence does not establish that the soldier was German or that the killing occurred in the forest.
Rescue in the forest
American forces found the narrator in the forest.
Hospitalization in Pilsen
Hospitalization in Pilsen
Transport of selected girls to Reichland
Sixty-eight girls were selected and taken from Baluty Market to Reichland.
Transport to Poland
The group was transported to Poland, reportedly to a labor camp.
Arrival at Auschwitz
The group arrived at Auschwitz in spring 1943.
Six-week quarantine
The group was sent away for six weeks of quarantine and then dispersed among different barracks.
Liberation near Ravensbrück
The narrator was liberated in Germany near Ravensbrück in May 1949 by the Russians.
Return to Lodz
The narrator had returned to Lodz by June after liberation.
Menashe leaves Lodz and returns to Jaslo
Advocate Menashe left Lodz with his family and returned to Jaslo.
Police commissioner transferred
Police commissioner Biale was transferred to another place.
Children entered resort work
Some children entered the resort as workers after their ages were altered.
Clandestine workshop established
A small clandestine workshop with two machines operated at Fanewnicke 20.
Restoration as instructor
Rumkowski restored the narrator to an instructor position after an intervention.
Lodzer Center
Organization that issued the Yizkor book in Melbourne.
Melbourne
Publication location identified in the book’s colophon.
Lodz Jewish community
Jewish community commemorated by the dedication.
Lodz Landsmanshaft
Organization that initiated and produced the almanac.
Łódź
City commemorated in the Yizkor almanac.
Israel
Destination of fundraising by the landsmanshaft committee.
Poland
Country in which Lodz became the second-largest city.
Yidish Lodz
Almanac containing original writings, memories, and a memorial section.
Lodz Ghetto
Historical subject addressed in the almanac.
Yidish Lodz
Publication associated with Lodz Jews living in Melbourne and remembrance of Lodz.
Ghettos
Ghettos where close ones are remembered as having perished.
Camps
Camps where close ones are remembered as having perished.