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Introduction to the Holocaust — Historical Film Footage

Lodz ghetto

Poland, 1940
[Silent, 1:33]

The German army occupied Lodz, Poland, in September 1939. From early February 1940, Jews in Lodz were forced to move to a designated ghetto area, which was sealed on April 30, 1940. This German footage illustrates conditions during winter in the Lodz ghetto. Winter in the ghettos aggravated existing hardships, depleting already sparse supplies of food and fuel.

— National Center for Jewish Film

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