Overview
- Description
- The collection documents life inside the Łódź Jewish ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland. It consists predominantly of the records of the Eldest of the Jews in the Łódź ghetto, Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski, and of his administration. Included are original correspondence, announcements, circulars, charts, publications, reports, essays, albums and photographs.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1944
- Reference
- Web, Marek. Guide to the Records of the Nachman Zonabend Collection: 1939-1944, RG 241. New York: Center for Jewish History, 2004.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Registers. Albums. Photographs.
- Extent
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6,509 digital images : JPEG ; 20.0 GB .
6 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- This collection is divided into seven subject groups, each of which is further divided into series. There are fifteen series, arranged as follows:
A: The Eldest of the Jews, Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski
Series I: Organization of the Ghetto, n.d., 1940-1943
Series II: Correspondence with the German Administration, n.d., 1939-1940
Series III: Announcements Issued by Rumkowski, n.d., 1940-1944
Series IV: Circulars by Rumkowski and his Staff, 1940-1944
Series V: General Correspondence of Chaim Mordecai Rumkowski, 1940-1942
B: The Central Administration
Series VI: Departments of the Ghetto Administration, n.d., 1932, 1940-1944
Series VII: Publications,
Series VIII: The Ghetto Archives, n.d., 1940-1944
C: Provisioning
Series IX: Provisioning Departments, n.d., 1940-1944
D: Labor
Series X: Labor Departments and Divisions, n.d., 1940-1944
E: Various Departments
Series XI: Various Departments, n.d., 1940-1944
F: Iconography
Series XII: Albums, n.d., 1939-1942
Series XIII: Photographs, n.d., 1940, 1942, 1945, 1947
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- For scholarly use only, no reproduction without permission. Files shall not be copied or shared in any way with another individual or institution. Information on these files of a personal or confidential nature shall not be shared with third parties, neither through hard copy printouts nor by making copied files. For permission to reproduce documents write to the Chief Archivist, YIVO Archives at: reference@yivo.org.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- From records of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Record Group 241 . The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection ( Zonabend Collection, Record Group no. 241) from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Researchvia the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in October, 2008.
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- 2022-07-28 17:50:45
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