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Lodz ghetto
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May 8, 2024, 2:13 pm
100-year-old who shaped Israeli photojournalism takes stage to share Holocaust survival
Cultural icon Dan Hadani survived the Lodz Ghetto and multiple Nazi camps. A lifelong chronicler, he continues to tell his story at the National Library of Israel
By
Maya Zanger-Nadis
January 8, 2023, 10:43 pm
Menorahs and tableware hidden from Nazis: Polish builders uncover Jewish WWII trove
Glass cosmetic containers, cigarette holders and hundreds of other items found under Lodz building; local Jewish community lit a restored menorah on Hanukkah
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AP
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ToI Staff
February 23, 2021, 6:19 am
Lodz Ghetto prisoner’s photos depicting brutal life donated to Boston museum
Henryk Ross risked his life to take pictures detailing conditions in ghetto where thousands died of starvation, illness and tens of thousands were deported to death camps
By
Penny Schwartz
May 2, 2019, 1:46 am
Effigy of late Polish Jewish communist hung on gallows at former Lodz Ghetto
‘I did it, I hung a Jew,’ shouts Polish activist Sławomir Dul after putting up display featuring late communist politician Jakub Berman, captioned ‘Jew’
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
November 21, 2018, 4:52 pm
Polish man returns cigarette case that saved a Jewish prisoner from the Nazis
Chaim Klieger crafted the ornate silver artifact to bribe the warden of the Lodz Ghetto prison to secure his friend’s release
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ToI Staff
March 15, 2018, 11:39 pm
Poland demands Yad Vashem remove reference to ‘Polish police’ guarding ghetto
In latest dispute relating to incendiary Holocaust law, top Polish official fumes at historically documented Lodz text he saw during tour of Holocaust memorial
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JTA
November 21, 2017, 12:17 am
Ghetto-crafted brooch with husband’s message recovered near Auschwitz
Stainless steel ‘bread card’ design was made inside the Lodz ghetto for Hinda Weiksel, presumed murdered by Nazis
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AFP
April 20, 2017, 1:36 pm
Erik Ross
Birds fly in Lodz
The Polish city, with its rich and painful Jewish history, is getting a facelift with paint and feathers
March 28, 2017, 8:48 pm
‘King Chaim,’ ruler of the Lodz Ghetto, exposed in Boston exhibit
As Henryk Ross’s haunting photographs premiere in the US, a snapshot of the Lodz ghetto council’s infamous chairman Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski — who thought himself a Jewish ‘savior’
By
Matt Lebovic
March 20, 2017, 9:09 pm
Exhibit trains overdue lens on secret record of life under Nazis
Prior to the liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto, photographer Henryk Ross risked his life by capturing Jews’ daily existence, then buried his trove of film, which will now finally see light of day in Boston
By
Penny Schwartz
July 25, 2016, 7:46 pm
Dutch businessman shocked by family’s Nazi-era history
Department store chain took Jewish property and benefited from slave labor; family says it ‘lost track of our values’
By
JTA
March 11, 2016, 3:02 am
Israeli Holocaust survivor confirmed as world’s oldest man at 112
Newly uncovered Polish documents help Yisrael Kristal of Haifa receive Guinness stamp of approval
By
ToI Staff
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AFP
January 23, 2016, 3:30 pm
Guinness confirms Israeli Holocaust survivor, 112, may be world’s oldest man
Yisrael Kristal of Haifa needs documentation that he was born on September 15, 1903, which could be a challenge
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AFP
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