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Jews dig trenches in the Lodz ghetto supervised by members of the Jewish police.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 48563

Jews dig trenches in the Lodz ghetto supervised by members of the Jewish police.

Overview

Caption: Jews dig trenches in the Lodz ghetto supervised by members of the Jewish police.
Date: Circa 1940 - 1944
Locale: Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
Variant Locale: Litzmannstadt
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed

Source Record ID: Collections: 1989.237.107

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BADGES BADGES (STAR OF DAVID) GHETTO/OCCUPATION LODZ POLICE POLICE (JEWISH) SHOVELS TRENCHES
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LODZ (Poland) -- Labor: Hard Labor -- General

Record last modified:: 2002-03-12 00:00:00
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