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Featured artifact: Model of the Lodz ghetto — Photograph

Leon Jakubowicz and his wife Rachela holding the model of the Lodz ghetto that Leon created. The model recreates, on a small scale, the physical appearance of the ghetto, creating the shape of the model to mimic the exact boundaries, streets, and buildings that had a major impact on daily life in the ghetto. Lodz, Poland, between 1940 and 1944. (Examine the artifact in detail with the "zoom" tool below)

Leon Jakubowicz and his wife Rachela holding the model of the Lodz ghetto that Leon created. The model recreates, on a small scale, the physical appearance of the ghetto, creating the shape of the model to mimic the exact boundaries, streets, and buildings that had a major impact on daily life in the ghetto. Lodz, Poland, between 1940 and 1944. (Examine the artifact in detail with the "zoom" tool below)

— Rena Jacobson



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