Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, head of the Lodz ghetto Jewish council, and Leon Rosenblat, head of the Jewish police, review a group of Jewish youth during an official visit to the summer camp in the Marysin quarter of the Lodz ghetto.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 63022

Overview

Caption: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, head of the Lodz ghetto Jewish council, and Leon Rosenblat, head of the Jewish police, review a group of Jewish youth during an official visit to the summer camp in the Marysin quarter of the Lodz ghetto.

Among the children pictured is Jakob Budkowski. He was the son of Majer Szymon Budkowski and Szajna Zlata Lesz and was born May 13, 1927 in Lodz. He had three younger brothers; of his family, only Jakob survived.
Date: 1940 - 1942
Locale: Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
Variant Locale: Litzmannstadt
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Gila Flam

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Gila Flam

Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWISH COUNCILS JEWS (POLISH) LODZ MARYSIN COLONY (LODZ) OFFICIAL VISITS POLICE POLICE (JEWISH) ROZENBLAT, LEON RUMKOWSKI, MORDECHAI CHAIM SUMMER CAMPS YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LODZ (Poland) -- Ghetto Administration -- Jewish Council/Offices -- Rumkowski