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German Jews move into the Lodz ghetto area. Poland, between April 1940 and 1942. [LCID: 80379]
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Łódź

The city of Łódź is located about 75 miles southwest of Warsaw, Poland. The Jews of Łódź formed the second largest Jewish community in prewar Poland. German troops occupied Łódź one week after Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Explore more content related to Łódź before, during, and after World War II.

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A large group of children gather in a dirt street. One adult with dark skin tone stands to one side looking at the group. The arm of another adult can be seen on the left side of the photograph.
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A group of children assembled for deportation to Chełmno
Black and white photograph of the exterior of a synagogue.
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A synagogue in Koło, where Jews were held during their transport to the Chełmno killing center
Deportation of Jews from the Lodz ghetto. Poland, August 1944. [LCID: 10052]
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Anonymous Girl Diarist from the Lodz Ghetto
Benjamin Bornstein [LCID: 3512]
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Benjamin Bornstein
Beno Helmer [LCID: 4294]
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Beno Helmer
Beno Helmer [LCID: bhs0632m]
Oral History
Beno Helmer describes conditions in the Lodz ghetto
Blanka Rothschild [LCID: brl0827f]
Oral History
Blanka Rothschild describes antisemitic regulations in occupied Lodz, Poland
Blanka Rothschild describes deportations from the Lodz ghetto [LCID: brd0829f]
Oral History
Blanka Rothschild describes deportations from the Lodz ghetto
Blanka Rothschild [LCID: brw0826f]
Oral History
Blanka Rothschild describes the beginning of the German invasion of Poland when she and her family were in Lodz
Blanka Rothschild [LCID: brc0833f]
Oral History
Blanka Rothschild describes the role of sharing and friendship in surviving the Lodz ghetto
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Blanka Rothschild: Oral History Excerpts
The view down a street with a barbed wire fence with wooden posts follows the curb. A long row of homes sits behind the barbed wire fence.
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Camp for Roma (Gypsies) in Lodz
On September 23, 1941, on the occasion of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), the Lodz ghetto schoolchildren presented Jewish Council ... [LCID: lodz092]
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Chaim Benzion Cale
Chaim Kozienicki [LCID: kozienic]
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Chaim Kozienicki
A child vendor among those selling miscellaneous wares at the market in the Lodz ghetto. [LCID: 51128]
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Child vendor in the Łódź ghetto market
Dawid Sierakowiak (seen here in the 3rd row, 4th from right) [LCID: sierakow]
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Dawid Sierakowiak

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