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“I Am Happy That Mrs. and Mr. Puttersznyt Have Survived the War and That They Are Happy Together.” Ryszard Lerczyński – the Only Righteous from Łódź
Michał Trębacz
mtrebacz@polin.pl Author Biographyhistorian, head of the Research Department of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and adjunct at the Jewish Research Centre of Łódź University. Research interests: socio-political history of the 20th century, with particular emphasis on Jewish history and biographical studies. Member of several grants concerning the history of the inter-war period and World War II, including “The Ringelblum Archive - full edition”. Published the book Izrael Lichtenstein (1883–1933). Biografia żydowskiego socjalisty; co-editor of volumes: Zagłada Żydów na polskiej prowincji and Józef Zelkowicz. Notatki z getta łódzkiego (1941–1944)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1591-4473
Museum of the History Polish Jews POLIN, Center for Jewish Studies, University of Lodz
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 16 (2020), Pages: 414-420
Submission Date: 2020-11-07Publication Date: 2020-12-15
https://doi.org/10.32927/ZZSiM.672
Abstract
For many years in historiography there persisted the conviction that the Łódź ghetto was completely isolated from the outside world. But recent research has proved that although the Łódź closed quarter was indeed more isolated than other ghettoes, it was definitely not hermetic as contacts, though on a small scale, were maintained throughout the occupation. This thesis finds confirmation in the help provided to Ruchla Frymar and Chaim Putersznyt by Ryszard Lerczyński. This individual story shows what the Polish-Jewish relations in Litzmannstadt looked like. The story of the only Łódź Righteous among the Nations makes it possible to understand the circumstances in which help was provided in that big city, at the same time leaving open the question as to why those instances were so few and far between
Keywords
war , Holocaust , ghetto , Łódź , Litzmannstadt , Łódź ghetto , Righteous , help , shelter , hiding
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