{"product_id":"lodz-ghetto-9780253219930","title":"Lódz Ghetto","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribes and explains the tragedy that befell the Jews imprisoned in the first major ghetto imposed by the Germans. This book reconstructs the organization of the ghetto and discusses its provisioning, forced labor, diseases and mortality, crime and deportations, living conditions, political, social, and cultural life and resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA monumental work.\u003c\/p\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrunk's essential volume provides invaluable material for yet more objective 'appreciations' of the terrible plight of the Jewish leaderships and inhabitants in the 'ghettos for Jews' set up by the Nazi authorities in the East. Vol. 89, no. 1, January 2011\u003c\/p\u003e * Slavonic and East European Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis translation . . . makes available an invaluable resource for English-language readers. . . . The book is handsomely produced and, in addition to 141 original documents (in translation), an extraordinarily detailed index, and period photographs, contains informative essays by translator-editor Shapiro and two renowned Holocaust scholars, the late Joseph Kermish and Israel Gutman. An indispensable tool for Holocaust research. . . . Essential.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eList of Major Tables, Charts, and Maps\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eTranslator-Editor's Introduction Robert Moses Shapiro\u003cbr\u003eIsaiah Trunk Joseph Kermish\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Distinctiveness of the Lódz Ghetto Israel Gutman\u003cbr\u003eForeword Jacob Robinson\u003cbr\u003eAuthor's Preface Isaiah Trunk\u003cbr\u003eI. Establishment of the Ghetto\u003cbr\u003e Documents 1–23\u003cbr\u003eII. Organization of the Ghetto\u003cbr\u003e Documents 26–64\u003cbr\u003eIII. Provisioning\u003cbr\u003e Documents 65–83\u003cbr\u003eIV. Forced Labor\u003cbr\u003e Documents 84–95\u003cbr\u003eV. Diseases and Mortality\u003cbr\u003eVI. Persecutions, Murder, and Deportations\u003cbr\u003e Documents 96–112\u003cbr\u003eVII. Internal Conditions\u003cbr\u003e Documents 113–141\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Problem of Resistance\u003cbr\u003eIX. Conclusions and Summations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDocuments Arranged by Chapter\u003cbr\u003eStreet Names in Lódz Ghetto\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndexes\u003cbr\u003e Names of German Officials and Business Firms\u003cbr\u003e Places\u003cbr\u003e Subjects\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400657510743,"sku":"9780253219930","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253219930.jpg?v=1730471224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lodz-ghetto-9780253219930","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}