Language:
English
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Kwartalnik Historii Żydów
Angaben zur Quelle:
206 (2003) 195-208
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews
;
Jewish ghettos
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jewish councils
Abstract:
Discusses the recent find, in the archives of the Historical Jewish Institute in Warsaw, the missing part of the Łódź Ghetto Encyclopedia, the compilation of which was begun at the beginning of 1944 on the orders of Chaim Rumkowski. The main collection of the Encyclopedia files are held in the Łódź State Archives. Mentions the conditions in which this encyclopedia was written, when any criticism of the Nazis or of Rumkowski was not permitted. Presents some of the encyclopedia entries, which include accounts describing the organization and structure of the ghetto, everyday life, and ghetto "personalities". Describes the joint project for its eventual publication carried out by the State Archives in Łódź, ŻIH, and the Research Unit for Holocaust Literature in Giessen (Germany).
Note:
On a card-file from the Łódź ghetto found in the ŻIH archives.
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