Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Jewish Council (center), leaves the site of a public demonstration in the Lodz ghetto after delivering a speech to calm the people's fear and anger about food provisioning in the ghetto.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 63024

Overview

Caption: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Jewish Council (center), leaves the site of a public demonstration in the Lodz ghetto after delivering a speech to calm the people's fear and anger about food provisioning in the ghetto.

Also pictured are: Leon Rozenblat (walking with Rumkowski) and Shmuel Eizmann (Rumkowksi's bodyguard, behind Rumkowski and to the right).
Date: Circa 1941
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: ARMBANDS BADGES BADGES (STAR OF DAVID) DEMONSTRATIONS GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWISH COUNCILS JEWS (POLISH) LODZ POLICE POLICE (JEWISH) ROZENBLAT, LEON RUMKOWSKI, MORDECHAI CHAIM
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LODZ (Poland) -- Ghetto Administration -- Jewish Council/Offices -- Rumkowski