A Jewish policeman stands guard while Lodz ghetto residents wait in line to cross one of the pedestrian bridges.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 48564

Overview

Caption: A Jewish policeman stands guard while Lodz ghetto residents wait in line to cross one of the pedestrian bridges.
Date: Circa 1940 - 1944
Locale: Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
Variant Locale: Litzmannstadt
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed
Event History: The Lodz ghetto was divided into three sectors by two major throughfares which passed through, but did not belong to the Jewish district. Wooden and barbed wire fences prevented access to these main streets by ghetto residents. But Jews were allowed to traverse the streets by means of three wooden pedestrian bridges, accessed by steep staircases.

See https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005174.
See Also "Kauen Main Camp" in Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Volume 1 Part A.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed

Source Record ID: Collections: 1989.237.32

Keyword: BADGES BADGES (STAR OF DAVID) BRIDGES FENCES GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (POLISH) LODZ POLICE POLICE (JEWISH) QUEUES
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LODZ (Poland) -- Daily Life/Street Scenes: -- Bridges/Entrances/Walls