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Women sew cloth slippers in one of the workshops in the Lodz ghetto.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 23557

Women sew cloth slippers in one of the workshops in the Lodz ghetto.

Overview

Caption: Women sew cloth slippers in one of the workshops in the Lodz ghetto.
Date: Circa 1940 - 1944
Locale: Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
Variant Locale: Litzmannstadt
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Malwina (Inka) Gerson Allen

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Malwina (Inka) Gerson Allen

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS FORCED LABOR/BRIGADES GHETTO/OCCUPATION LODZ SEWING MACHINES SEWING/KNITTING WOMEN WORKSHOPS
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LODZ (Poland) -- Labor: Factories/Workshops -- Shoe Factory

Record last modified:: 2007-01-04 00:00:00
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