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Polish activist Sławomir Dul hangs an effigy of late communist politician Jakub Berman, captioned 'Jew,' in Lodz on April 30. 2019 (Screencapture/Youtube)
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
The silver cigarette case made by Jewish artist Chaim Klieger that was used to bribe Lodz Ghetto prison warden Salomon Hercberg, right, during the Holocaust.
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
By TOI staff
The Lodz ghetto residential area sign reading, 'Jews. Entry Forbidden.' (Henryk Ross/Art Gallery of Ontario, gift from the Archive of Modern Conflict/Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts)
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
By JTA
Jewish inmates of the Lodz ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland at labor making baskets (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
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
By AFP
Erik Ross
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
Painting of Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Lodz Ghetto's Jewish Council, created by Lodz painter Izrael Lejzerowicz during the ghetto's four-year existence (Public domain)
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
Men hauling a cart for bread distribution. (Henryk Ross/Art Gallery of Ontario, gift from the Archive of Modern Conflict/Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts)
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
C&A department store in Netherlands (CC BY-SA, Erik1980 Wikipedia)
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
Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, confirmed in March 2016 as the oldest man in the world. (Courtesy of family)
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 and AFP
Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, confirmed in March 2016 as the oldest man in the world. (Courtesy of family)
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
By AFP
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