Tageschronik (Chronicle of the Łódź Ghetto), selected entries

Identifier
irn85541
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.507.1
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85541

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Yeshiva Ahavas Torah - Baranovich. Purchase, 2013.

Scope and Content

Four separate typescript entries of the "Chronicle of the Łódź Ghetto," or "Tageschronik," covering the dates of 2 November 1942 (Nr. 182), 17 November 1942 (Nr. 197), 9 March 1943 (Nr. 53), and 1 August 1943 (Nr. 197). The Department of the Archives, of the Eldest of the Jews in the Łódź ghetto, produced the daily chronicle from 12 January 1941 until 30 July 1944. Until 1 September 1942, the chronicle was written in Polish and titled "Biuletyn Kroniki Codziennej," and from 1 September 1942 onward it was published in German and titled "Tageschronik," although editions in both languages were published from September through December 1942.

Subjects

  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Łódź--History--Sources.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź--Sources.
  • Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland).

Genre

  • Document
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