- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Itzhak R., who was born in Łódź, Poland (then Russia) in approximately 1915, one of three children. He recalls his father's prominent role as a leader in the Jewish community; his family's affluence; his three-day bar mitzvah celebration; obtaining documents to emigrate to Palestine; remaining with his family due to his father's illness; working in a bank; German invasion; fleeing with his brother to Łowicz, then Warsaw; their return home; working with the Judenrat chairman, Ḥayim Rumkowski, whom he had previously known; ghettoization; working at various jobs for the Judenrat; losing his position due to disagreements with Rumkowski; being protected by others; assistance from non-Jews he had previously known; working in a shirt factory, the pharmacy, and gathering dead bodies for burial; preparing a bunker; hiding with about fifty others during the ghetto's liquidation; liberation by Soviet troops; transport by the Soviets to several locations; and emigration to Israel. Mr. R. names many people in the Łódź ghetto and discusses their roles in the functioning of the ghetto.
- Author/Creator
- R., Itzhak, 1915?-
- Published
- Ramat Aviv, Israel : Beth Hatefutsoth, Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, 1986
- Interview Date
- September 16 and 24, 1986.
- Locale
- Russia
Łódź (Poland)
Łowicz (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
- Cite As
- Itzhak R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1827). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Evan, Tovah, interviewer.
Mʻeiri, Chaya, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
