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Testimony of Chawa (Rosenfarb) Morgentaler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Sasel, on a death march and in Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Chawa (Rosenfarb) Morgentaler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Sasel, on a death march and in Bergen-Belsen Attends the Medem elementary school in Lodz; attends a high school in Wiedza. Life in the Lodz Ghetto including attending a high school run by Mrs. Reiner; activities in a youth movement; organizes independent learning groups; establishes a library in her home; "Aktion" against children and the elderly, winter 1941; receives a matriculation certificate; labor as a teacher in an elementary school; tutors in Polish and gives lessons in...

File Number : 3107

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French, Yiddish

Testimony of Genia Herszenhaft, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Freiburg and Mauthausen camps

Testimony of Genia Herszenhaft, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Freiburg and Mauthausen camps Establishment of the Lodz Ghetto; she attends a high school established by the head of the Jewish community; capture of her parents during an "Aktion", 28 February 1941; release of her mother; deportation of her father to Radogoszcz camp; transfer of her father to Nowy Sacz, and they lose track of him shortly thereafter; deportation of her sister during an "Aktion" against elderly and sick people, 01 September 1942; liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto, 01 August...

File Number : 387

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Irena Libman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and of her friend, Zina Halpern

Memoirs of Irena Libman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and of her friend, Zina Halpern Life in Lodz during the outbreak of the war; German occupation; sewing of yellow badges for marking the Jews; restrictions on the Jews; eviction from the family home by the German Army; establishment of the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life in a room with seven people; sealing of the ghetto; deterioration in the supply of food distributed by ration coupons only; mass mortality due to dysentery, 1940; deportation of Jews receiving welfare to an unknown destination, 1941; deportation of...

File Number : 31

Type of Material : Diaries and Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Memoirs of Chaim Kozienicki, born in Lodz, Poland, regarding his childhood and his experiences during the war in the Lodz Ghetto, in Auschwitz, Stutthof, Stolp and Burggraben camps, on a death march and on German rafts on the Baltic Sea Memoirs of his childhood, dedicated to his loving family; meager earning of a livelihood, and travels to the village with his mother; his studies in a Jewish school in Lodz, which were halted after the outbreak of the war; his interest in Zionism, and he joins a group of Zionist youth whose activities helped him to forget some of the hunger and the daily hardships in life...

File Number : 4024

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Thesis on the subject of schools and Jewish education in Lodz, 1939-1945, submitted by Helena Smolenska in order to receive the Master's degree

Thesis on the subject of schools and Jewish education in Lodz, 1939-1945, submitted by Helena Smolenska in order to receive the Master's degree The subjects selected for the paper: The relationship between the German authorities and the Jewish schools; transfer of the Jewish schools to the supervision of the Judenrat; school books and Jewish education in the ghetto; holidays for children; high schools and vocational schools; the Judenrat Educational Department; education in the underground; vocational training courses in the ghetto. Many sources are attached to the thesis, among them: Correspondence...

File Number : 243

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

17 issues of the "Nasza Gazetka" (Our Newspaper) newspaper, which was written and edited by the youth of the orphanage in Marysin in the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-1941

17 issues of the "Nasza Gazetka" (Our Newspaper) newspaper, which was written and edited by the youth of the orphanage in Marysin in the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-1941 The first issue was published 24 August 1940, and the last one, 12 January 1941. Songs/poems, stories, letters and testimonies of teachers and youth at the orphanage in the Marysin suburb of the Lodz Ghetto were published in the newspaper; the texts pertain to life at the orphanage, events that took place in the ghetto and memories of the period prior to the outbreak of the war.

File Number : 215

Type of Material : Memoirs, Poems/songs, Newspaper, Stories

Language : Polish

Letter written by Chaim Koznitzki to Yad Vashem regarding the "Children of the Valley" Battalion in the Lodz ghetto, and a list of the members of the Battalion, 27 June 1994

Letter written by Chaim Koznitzki to Yad Vashem regarding the "Children of the Valley" Battalion in the Lodz ghetto, and a list of the members of the Battalion, 27 June 1994 - In the letter, Koznitzki tells of belonging to the "Children of the Valley" Battalion while he was in the Lodz Ghetto; he briefly describes the fate of the members of the battalion after the war and explains his decision to prepare a list of the members of the organization. - List of the members of the "Children of the Valley" Battalion.

File Number : 273

Type of Material : Letter, List of Ghetto Inmates, List of Members of a Jewish Organization

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Various documents pertaining to Jewish life in the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-1944

Various documents pertaining to Jewish life in the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-1944 - List of items included in the food coupons of Lodz Ghetto residents, 05-18 June 1944; - Announcement regarding the distribution of meat to food coupon holders in the Lodz Ghetto, 05 November 1942; - Food coupons from the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-1941; - Announcement regarding work regulations in the Lodz Ghetto, 28 November 1943; - Forms and announcements pertaining to the education of children in the Lodz Ghetto; - Announcement from the Lodz Ghetto Post regarding regulations pertaining to correspondence that are valid in the...

File Number : 294

Type of Material : Form, Letter, Announcement, Map, Vouchers

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

Elementary school graduation certificate issued in the Lodz Ghetto, 25 September 1941 for Dawid Gotlieb, born in 1928

Elementary school graduation certificate issued in the Lodz Ghetto, 25 September 1941 for Dawid Gotlieb, born in 1928 The certificate was written in German and Polish; another page in Yiddish signed by Judenrat Chairman Chaim Rumkowski is attached to the certificate.

File Number : 534

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Diploma

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German

Testimony of Chana (Borenstein) Kinstler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hainichen Bei Chemnitz and Theresienstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Chana (Borenstein) Kinstler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hainichen Bei Chemnitz and Theresienstadt Lodz Ghetto life including labor in a weaving workshop; appointment as the leader of the group; "Aktions"; obtains a general education; coordination of varied cultural activities for the female laborers; Hanukkah celebration with the group, December 1943; studies in the ghetto; female pupils in the ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, 25 August 1944; camp life including rescue during a selection; transfer to Hainichen...

File Number : 3601

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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