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“Journey into the World.” Interviews Conducted in the Łódź Ghetto by Hashomer Hatzair Members

Ewa Wiatr

ewa.wiatr@uni.lodz.pl

adjunct at the Jewish Research Centre of Łódź University. Research interests: history of the Jewish diaspora in Łódź and the Łódź area, chiefly during World War II and the Holocaust. Kronika getta łódzkiego, Encyklopedia getta łódzkiego, and the Judaica Łódzkie series. On her own, she edited Rywka Lipszyc’s diary (2017, Polityka [weekly] Historical Award, 2018), and in cooperation with Adam Sitarek, Dawid Sierakowiak’s (2016) Heniek Fogiel’s diary (2019). Currently working on a monograph on everyday life in the Łódź ghetto, an elaboration on her dissertation defended in 2018. Participated in the program “Lexicon of the Łódź Ghetto” carried out within the framework of National Programme for the Development of Humanities

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Center for Jewish Studies, University of Lodz

Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 16 (2020), Pages: 365-392

Submission Date: 2020-11-07

Publication Date: 2020-12-15

DOI logo https://doi.org/10.32927/ZZSiM.670

Abstract

In the summer of 1943, young members of the Shomer organization active in the Łódź ghetto carried out several interviews with random passers-by. It was a part of educational activity organized by Shomer tutors. The teenagers were tasked with interviewing and recording according to a preset format.

The material thus obtained turned out to be a valuable source about many aspects of life in the Łódź ghetto: family and financial situation of the interviewees, their physical condition and, let us stress, their contacts (protection). Equally important is information about the Shomers obtained during the interviews, their level of education, how they formulated conclusions, their involvement in the group. The material is not very extensive, but it turns out to be an important source for further research of the activity of youth organizations in the ghetto.

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Wiatr, E. (2020). “Journey into the World.” Interviews Conducted in the Łódź Ghetto by Hashomer Hatzair Members. Zagłada Żydów. Studia I Materiały, (16), 365–392. https://doi.org/10.32927/ZZSiM.670

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                            View No. 16 (2020)

No. 16 (2020)

ISSN:
1895-247X
eISSN:
2657-3571

Data publikacji:
2020-12-15

Dział: Materials