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501. Straw shoes manufactured by forced laborers in a Łódź ghetto workshop
Object | Accession Number: 2005.613.1 a-b
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1942
…Łódź (Poland)…
502. Pair of red leather toddler's shoes worn by a child in Łódź Ghetto
1996.165.2 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.165.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1939
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
503. Straw shoe manufactured by forced laborers in a Łódź ghetto workshop
Object | Accession Number: 2005.613.2
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1942
…Łódź (Poland)…
504. Rywa Scwarcberg Zeidlitz papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.183
Date:
inclusive: circa 1945-1950
…Rywa Szwarcberg Zeidlitz was born in Łódź, Poland on March 15, 1915. Her father, Mosze Szwarcberg dealt in real estate and her mother, Gela, took…
505. Pencil drawing of a man done in the Łódź ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2005.212.3
Date:
creation: 1940-1942
Artwork Title:
Portrait of My Father, Chaim Rozenwasser
…Hela Chaja Rozenwasser was the daughter of Chaim and Rajzl Rosensaft Rozenwasser. She was born in Łódź, Poland, in 1924. She had two older brothers…
506. Oral history interview with Meir Tyrangiel
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.409.0004
Date:
interview: 1994 December 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; going with the army to Łódź, Poland, where he served until the war was over; failing to win a court battle in Łódź to gain custody of Genia from a…
507. Oral history interview with Sam Bankhalter
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.4 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0004
Date:
interview: 1984 August 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sam Bankhalter (Jewish name, Saja), born in Łódź, Poland in 1926, describes his parents and grandparents; his father’s lumber and construction…
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 … Jewish name means...? A: Joshua in English. Q: Where were you born? A: Lodz, Poland. Q: And at what time? A: 1926. Q: Was your town known by any other name…
508. Oral history interview with Estera Brunstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.37 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0037
Date:
interview: 1985 October 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Estera Brunstein, born in Łódź, Poland in May 6, 1928, describes her family; education; the relations between Jews and non-Jews; the German invasion…
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 …--1. Where were you born, Mrs. Brunstein? In Poland, Lódz. And which date was that? 6th of May, 1928. And you were telling me earlier that your name…
509. Oral history interview with Irene Sulzman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.8.31 | RG Number: RG-50.063.0031
Date:
interview: 1989 June 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Irene Sulzman, born in Łódź, Poland on July 13, 1928, describes her middle class, non-practicing Jewish family; her pre-war life; antisemitism in…
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 … because she feels it is her duty to speak for the dead. Birth Information Irene was born in Lodz, Poland on July 13, 1928. 1:00 Preparation for interview. 2…
510. Oral history interview with Barbara Gerson
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.14 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0014
Date:
interview: 1983 March 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Barbara Gerson (née Branka Nomberg), born May 30, 1924 in Warsaw, Poland, describes growing up in Łódź, Poland; being the youngest of three children…
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 … Barbara Gerson from Lodz, Poland. Her maiden name was Branca Nomberg. Her childhood was happy until the problems started. She is the youngest of 3 children…
511. Oral history interview with Inge Weiss
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0087.50 | RG Number: RG-50.091.0050
Date:
interview: 1984 August 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… in Warta; the gathering of the Jews in the town square and being separated from her family; being sent with her father to the ghetto in Łódź, Poland…
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 … were in the ghetto in Poland-- in Warta, they took, one day, for no special reasons, they took the 10 people from the Jewish community-- the rabbi, the…
512. Oral history interview with George Dynin
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.398.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0846
Date:
interview: 2015 October 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…George Dynin (né Yeszhesh Dynin) on March 19, 1925 in Łódź, Poland, discusses his family; his sister, Aviva Marcella, who was born in 1934; speaking…
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 …. OK. What was your date of birth? March 19, 1925. And can you tell me, where were you born? In Lodz. In Lodz, Poland. Poland, yes. Did you have brothers…
513. Oral history interview with Regina Laks Gelb
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.030.0078
Date:
interview: 1991 September 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… in May 1945; traveling with her sisters to Łódź, Poland, where they reunited with their one surviving relative, their uncle; attending school in Łódź…
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 …, 1992 05:00:00 A: My name is Regina Gelb, born Laks, in Starachowice, Poland, December 16th, 1929. Q: And you can look at me, rather than right into the…
514. Oral history interview with Ester Grynwald Rytz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.553.6 | RG Number: RG-50.998.0006
Date:
interview: 2017 April 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ester Rytz (née Grynwald), born in 1927 in Łódź, Poland, describes her family, including her five siblings; her family being forced to move to the…
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 …Ester Rytz Born in Lodz, Poland, in 1927, was named Grynwald. Ester had five siblings. In 1940, the family was forced to leave home and was assigned…
515. Oral history interview with Benjamin Lavi
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.8 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0008
Date:
interview: 1991 October 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Benjamin Lavi (né Bornstein), born April 10, 1930 in Łódź, Poland, describes his parents, Moshe and Bronya; his father’s candle making factory and…
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 … to that, Bernstein. I was born in Lodz, Poland in April 1930. My parents were Misha and my mom Bronia. Dad had a candle factory. Is this okay to say…
516. Oral history interview with Aron Zylberszac
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.44 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0044
Date:
interview: 1985 December 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Aron Zylberszac, born in 1927 in Łódź, Poland, describes his family; his education; the relations between Jews and non-Jews; the German occupation of…
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 … knew exactly where everybody was. In fact, Poland, Lódz, was divided into three groups of people-- the Poles, the Jews who lived in my town, and the…
517. Oral history interview with Chaia Boiman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.240 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0240
Date:
interview: 1995 May 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… marriage; working in a Soviet field hospital; following the front to Swiebodzin, Poland; traveling to Łódź, Poland; traveling illegally to Berlin, then…
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 … mostly observant/Zionist Jewish population which doubled in size to 2000 with refugees following the German occupation of Western Poland. Describes her…
518. Oral history interview with Zahavah Shamir
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.12 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0012
Date:
interview: 1991 October 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Zahavah Shamir (née Genia Rotenberg), born 1930 in Łódź, Poland, describes her father Zvi Hersh; her brother; the mood in Łódź; the German invasion…
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 …RG-50.266 #12 ZAHAVA SHAMIR Then, Genia Rotenberg, born 1930 in Lodz, Zvi Hersh father. Had a brother. Describes mood in Lodz. When Germans came, was…
519. Oral history interview with Phillip Green
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0087.24 | RG Number: RG-50.091.0024
Date:
interview: 1984 August 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; being 14 years old when his family moved from their small Polish town to Łódź, Poland; the creation of the ghetto in 1939 and moving there soon after with…
520. Oral history interview with Helene Goodman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.107 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0107
Date:
interview: 1981 February 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Helene Goodman (formerly Henia Flint), born in Łódź, Poland in 1913, describes studying piano at the Warsaw Conservatory posing as a non-Jew, and…
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 … Record #: GC00180 Libr. Catlg. #: D 810.J4 G7 #2 Restrictions: None SUMMARY Helene Goodman, formerly Henia Flint, was born in Lodz, Poland in 1913 into an…
521. Oral history interview with Aleksander Henryk Laks
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2005.603.3 | RG Number: RG-50.637.0003
Date:
interview: 2005 January 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Aleksander Henryk Laks (né Chaim Benzion Cale), born in Łódź, Poland in 1927, describes taking his mother’s last name, Laks, after the war; being…
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 … born in, and what was your name at that time? A: I was born in Poland, city of Lodz, and I attended as Chaim Benzion Cale. It was my father’s name, and…
522. Oral history interview with Elka Farfel
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.295 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0295
Date:
interview: 1996 October 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… their experiences; going to the nearby forest; joining the partisans in another forest, where Machwinsky from Łódź, Poland was their commander; life with…
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 …RG-50-120*0295 Farfel, Elka – 3 Tapes In Hebrew 1:00 Elka Farfel was born in 1920 in Nyasvizh, Belarus, then Poland. She studied in Tarbut, where she…
523. Oral history interview with Arie Troitze
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.235 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0235
Date:
undated: 
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; joining a Deror kibbutz in Vilna; finding his other brother in Łódź, Poland; moving to Eschwege displaced persons camp; immigrating to Israel in 1949; his…
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 … cousins and his brother in Lodz, and then went to Germany where he prepared to emigrate to Israel. 7:40 Arie emigrated to Israel in May 1949. He describes…
524. Oral history interview with Blanche Porway
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.101.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0257
Date:
interview: 2016 May 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Blanche Porway (née Bluma Fajnbuch), born on May 3, 1925 in Łódź, Poland, discusses her childhood; living in an elegant apartment in the center of…
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 … born in Lodz, Poland. And when were you born? I was in 1923. What year? They say. What day and what month? May 3. OK. And let's talk a little bit about…
525. Oral history interview with Chana Goldstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.338.27 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0027
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Chana Goldstein, born in 1920 in Łódź, Poland, describes her happy childhood; her four brothers and two sisters; her father’s jewelry store and his…
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 … Goldstein, who was born in Lódz, Poland and lived in the ghetto all throughout the war. And she's going to tell us her story. Chana, will you tell us about…
526. Oral history interview with Fishel Yungman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.297 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0297
Date:
interview: 1996 October 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Fishel Yungman, born in 1921 in Łódź, Poland, discusses being one of four children; his father's bakery; German invasion; fleeing with his family to…
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 … When Fishel found out that his brother was alive and living in the old house in Lodz, he decides to go to Poland. Fishel and his brother were the only…
527. Oral history interview with Sam Goldberg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.12 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0012
Date:
interview: 1992 March 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, head of the ghetto in Łódź, Poland upon Rumkowski's arrival in Auschwitz; his thoughts on the choice of German Kapos and soldiers to be killers; his…
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 … there, we have some contacts. You're going to bring back a lot of ammunition, back into Falenica. Why they send us to Dobra? Because when Poland was…
528. Oral history interview with Fishel Rotshtein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.319 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0319
Date:
interview: 1997 January 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Fishel Rotshtein, born in 1917 in Łódź, Poland, describes being the fifth of eight children; studying to be an engraver until age sixteen; a factory…
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 … Lodz, Poland. There were eight children in the family. Fishel was the fifth among his siblings. His family was middle class. They did not lack anything…
529. Oral history interview with Miriam Eizenshtat
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.298 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0298
Date:
interview: 1996 October 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… by the Russians; being taken by train to Łódź, Poland and from there to Lublin to a special community house; going to Berlin; going to Lampertheim DP…
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 … the youngest of a family of five in Lublin, Poland. When war broke out in 1939, she went back and forth between her aunt’s house in Belzice and her…
530. Oral history interview with Yosef Schwartz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.215 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0215
Date:
interview: 1995 August 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Yosef Schwartz, born in Łódź, Poland in 1921, discusses his childhood years; attending public school; participating in Hashomer Hatzair and a sports…
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 … RG-50.120 #0215 2 Tapes SCHWARTZ, YOSEF [referred to here as Y] TAPE I 1.00.54 Y was born in Poland in 1921, in Lodz, to Yosef and Haya Schwartz…
531. Lindenbaum and Landau families collection
2006.226.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2006.226.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1945
…. The family photographs were taken in Łódź, Poland; Warsaw, Poland; the Warsaw ghetto; and Belgium. The photographs feature friends and family members…
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 … a wedding announcement and photographs of the Lindenbaum and Landau families, circa 1900s-1945. The family photographs were taken in Łódź, Poland…
532. Oral history interview with Ya'akov Movshovich
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.270 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0270
Date:
interview: 1996 January 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ya'akov Movshovich, born in Łódź, Poland in 1925, describes being one of two children; his family's affluence; attending a Polish school, then a…
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 … RG-50.120 #0270 2 TAPES MOVSHOVIC, YA'AKOV I 1.00 He was born in Lodz in 1925 and has a younger sister. Father was in the yarn business. The family…
533. Casting of the doorway surround from the Łódź ghetto Hospital No.1
Object
Date:
manufacture: after 1989 August 15-before 1991 March 18
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
534. Pencil drawing of a young woman done in the Łódź ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2005.212.2
Date:
creation: 1940-1942
Artwork Title:
Hela Rozenwasser, Self-Portrait
…Hela Chaja Rozenwasser was the daughter of Chaim and Rajzl Rosensaft Rozenwasser. She was born in Łódź, Poland, in 1924. She had two older brothers…
535. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
2016.308.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.308.3
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
536. Oral history interview with Leon Kowner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2005.603.2 | RG Number: RG-50.637.0002
Date:
interview: 2005 March 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… (called Nasza Szkola) in Łódź, Poland; finishing elementary school in 1939; how all the teachers in the school, except the caretaker, were Jewish; growing…
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 … town. I attended a private school, maybe special in Lodz. There were very few students; it was called “Nasza Szkola” (Our School). This school grew…
537. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
1999.300.3 back
Object | Accession Number: 1999.300.3
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
538. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
1990.60.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.60.1
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
539. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
1990.60.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.60.6
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
540. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
2002.58.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.58.2
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
541. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
1990.60.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.60.9
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
542. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 20 mark note, acquired by an inmate
2014.489.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.489.1
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
543. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
1990.60.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.60.4
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
544. Władysław and Felicja Holcman papers
Document | Accession Number: 2001.195.1
Date:
creation: 1940-1941
…Władysław Holcman was born on March 18, 1916 in in Łódź, Poland. His father, Mojżesz Holcman, (June 20, 1879-May 1942) was a merchant and his mother…
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 … Holcman, Mojżesz Holcman and Jerzyk Holcman in Łódź, Poland, to Władysław Holcman in Stavropol, Soviet Union, February 18, 1940; in German and Polish…
545. Carved wooden box handmade and used in the Łódź Ghetto
2004.630.3 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2004.630.3
Date:
creation: 1932
use: 1932-1944
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
546. Inscribed metal tzedakah box used to collect money for charity in Łódź
Object | Accession Number: 2004.630.2
Date:
use: approximately 1939
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
547. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
1999.300.4 back
Object | Accession Number: 1999.300.4
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)…
548. Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Łodzi (GK 177)
Document | Accession Number: 2020.37.1 | RG Number: RG-15.681
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1949
Alternate Title:
Selected records of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Łódź
…World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Łódź.…
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 …, korespondencja. Łódź 1940, 1948 105 germanizacja dzieci polskich polski https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about…
549. Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note, given to a survivor searching for relatives
2005.450.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.450.3
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
…Jack Goldman was in the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos in Poland during the Holocaust. In 1945, he traveled to Łódź, looking for loved ones, but did not…
550. Sąd Grodzki w Łodzi (Sygn. 2390)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.271.1 | RG Number: RG-15.545
Date:
inclusive: 1946-1950
Alternate Title:
Court of the First Instance in Łódź
…Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Łódź--Registers.…
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 … the First Instance in Łódź Dates: 1946-1950 Accession number: 2017.271.1 Creator: Poland. Sąd Grodzki w Łodzi Extent: 179,483 digital images Repository…