Photograph of a deportation action in Łódź

Identifier
irn627032
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.430.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn627032

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Teofil Smolowicz

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Teofil Smolowicz donated the photograph of a deportation action in Łódź to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2018.

Scope and Content

Consists of a single photograph depicting a deportation action in Łódź, showing Jewish men, women, and children wearing star badges and carrying bundles as they are forced to the Fabryczna railway station under armed guard. Buildings on Składowa street as well as towers of the Hotel Polonia Palast are visible.

Subjects

  • Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Persecutions.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź--History.
  • Holocaust victims--Poland--Łódź.
  • Łódź (Poland).

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.