Lodz Ghetto

Identifier
Lodz _Ghetto
Language of Description
English
Dates
1939 - 1944
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Yiddish
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

The items included official ghetto notices and orders, ration cards, work cards, an illegally-constructed radio, as well as a variety of other invaluable documents

Scope and Content

The history of Lodz Ghetto by viewing precious artefacts and hearing survivor testimony. Bono Wiener and Abram Goldberg buried documents in Lodz Ghetto before they were deported to Auschwitz. These and other items from our Collection are primary source evidence of the horrific conditions Jews endured during the Holocaust. Research and exhibits relating to ghettos, in particular, the Lodz Ghetto, kindly supported by the late Bono Wiener.

Archivist Note

Description made by Adina Babeş based on Institution website and finding aids.

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0