amounts of food varied, also the amount that was bought and sent in was different from the amounts that were available for distribution.
They had to buy their food, they did not get much, a bread ration, some vegtables, some meat, but often many of these were not available or at least not enough for everyone.
It was formed because the Nazis wanted to put all of the Jews from Lodz and the surrounding areas into one place. It was formed by the Nazis taking one area of Lodz and putting barbed wire fences and huge stone walls around it, to make sure that no one came in or got out. The Jews in the Lodz Ghetto had to work for the Nazis in order to get food.
in Łódź
When the Lodz Ghetto was sealed off in May 1940 it had 164,000 Jews. As they died more were brought in ... but the figure fluctuated.
Usually not. However, if you are writing about a specific, named ghetto, yes. For example, one write the Warsaw Ghetto and the Lodz Ghetto.
Yes, it was the most tightly sealed ghetto of all, perhaps because it was the most productive.
Lodz Ghetto was liberated by the Red Army on January 19, 1945.
No, but there were some books in the ghetto when it was formed.
Lodz and the Warsaw ghettos
From the very start in March 1940.
The Warsaw Ghetto was easily the largest, followed by Lodz.
It was formed because the Nazis wanted to put all of the Jews from Lodz and the surrounding areas into one place. It was formed by the Nazis taking one area of Lodz and putting barbed wire fences and huge stone walls around it, to make sure that no one came in or got out. The Jews in the Lodz Ghetto had to work for the Nazis in order to get food.
yes, many.
in Łódź
The Jewish supremo (head of the Judenrat) of the Lodz Ghetto was Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. He is very controversial. See the links below for more infomration.
The Nazis dissolved the Lodz Ghetto in August 1944 and the remaining Jews were put on two trains and sent to Auschwitz. So there was no liberation.
When the Lodz Ghetto was sealed off in May 1940 it had 164,000 Jews. As they died more were brought in ... but the figure fluctuated.
lodz, Poland