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Hand crank clothes wringer made of wood and metal, of the type used in the Łódź Ghetto in German-occupied Poland from May 1940 to August 1944. Łódź was occupied by Germany a week after the September 1, 1939, invasion of Poland. The city was renamed Litzmannstadt, and in February 1940, the Jewish population, about 160,000 people, was confined to a small, sealed-off ghetto. All residents had to work, ...

Contains rare posters, flyers, communications, and reports originating from various DP camps, mostly in Austria. Examples include reports from the DP camp Bergen-Belsen, 1946; flyers and reports from the Hashomer Hatzair Austria, 1947; election materials for DP camp leadership, Austria; writings and illustrations created by children survivors from Łódź on their way to Palestine.

Includes a postcard from Szloma Erlich in the Łódź ghetto to her sister's family in the U.S. (Brooklyn address, but forwarded to New Jersey), dated 1941. Card written in German, but with Yiddish sentence across top. Pleads for them to send more packages with food, as their mother is elderly and quite weak, and wonders why they haven't responded to the cards she had previously sent. Also includes a ...

The Felix Librach papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries and notes, emigration and immigration records, and kibbutz records documenting Felix, Martin, and Sophie Librach's emigration from Germany and Poland to Palestine in the 1930s, their lives in Palestine and Israel, their parents' experiences in Łódź, and Felix’s involvement with the kibbutz in Hulata. Biographical materials ...

<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.</strong></span></p><p>This microfilm collection comprises 3 separate, unrelated deposits. They have been filmed in the following order. 578/II contains the family correspondence of Gerda Mayer (née Stein) from her parents in Prague, 1939-1940. 578/I contains the surgical ...

Documents and identification cards illustrating the experiences of Michael Rapoport, who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1927. Includes identification cards issued to Michael under the pseudonym Mieczysław Ciesielśki, including a "Kennkarte" dated 1943 which states his religion is Roman Catholic. Additional documents indicate he worked Brunn-Werke G.m.b.h. in Warsaw, Poland. Post-war documents include ...

Henry Green (born Heniek Gruenbaum, nicknamed Chaim, 1921-2012) was born on 21 February 1921 in a suburb of Łódź, Poland to Fishl and Sara Gruenbaum. He had one older brother, Joseph (c.1914-c.1997), and one older sister. His father owned two restaurants and was also a cantor. Henry was deported to the Łódź ghetto. He fled Poland for Russia and was in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) at the end of the war. His ...

<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.</strong></span></p><p>This microfilm collection of material, documenting the experiences of Jews in Poland, comprises 3 groups: reports; transcript newspaper articles and extracts; transcripts and extracts of letters from Poland.</p><p>Reports<br /><br />Rapport sur ...

Rose Abrams (1921-2016) was born Roza Margolis on 19 April 1921 in Tver, Poland to Max and Mania (Maria, née Gregsman) Margolis. She had one sister, Estera (b. 1917). The family first lived in Tver and later moved to Łódź, Poland. In 1939 Estera moved to Paris to study economics. In July 1939, the family joined her in Paris so that Rose could have ear surgery. After the surgery, Max and Mania returned ...

Halina Wolman (1922-1998) was born on May 23, 1922 in Sieradz, Poland to Aron Wolman (d. 1941) and Mindla Majerczak Wolman and had a brother Izydor Józik (b. September 8, 1923). They lived in Łódź until May 1940, when all Łódź Jews were forced into a ghetto. Halina worked in the ghetto hospital as a nurse and Józik found employment in the ghetto pharmacy. Dawid Sierakowiak was Józik’s good friend. ...