Judenrat meeting, Lodz Ghetto

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of a meeting of the judenrat of Lodz Ghetto. It is probably a meeting with a group of Czech Jews who were brought from Prague to the Lodz Ghetto in the late fall of 1941. Likely pictured in the photograph are: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, Aron Jakubowicz, his wife Regina, Dora Fuks, Jozef Rumkowski, Dawid Warszawski, Baruch Praszker, and Max Szczesliwy. The photograph features a room full of men and women, all wearing a Magen David (Star of David) on their jackets. The photo was taken in a hall, which was formerly a theatre.

Name Access: Fuks, Dora; Jakubowicz, Aron; Jakubowicz, Regina; Prazker, Baruch; Rumkowski, Jozef; Rumkowski, Mordechai Chaim; Szczesliwy, Max; Warszawski, Dawid

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Lódz; Jewish councils; Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.