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Title: Łódź Ghetto, 1940-1949

Predominant Dates:1940 - 1944

ID: RG-11/RG-11

Primary Creator: Tomaszewski, Jerzy

Other Creators: Garfunkel, Arthur, Gertler, Dawid

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is comprised of six collections: 1. Ed Victor papers; 2. Collection on the German occupation of Poland; 3. Łódź Ghetto photographs and artifacts; 4. Dawid Gertler papers; 5. Arthur Garfunkel collection of photographs; 6. Jerzy Tomaszewski collection of photographs.

Subjects: Accusation and suspicion of collaboration in the Holocaust, Activities of Jewish Councils (Judenraete) Poland, 1939 -- 1945, Arthur Garfunkel, photographs of the Lodz ghetto, Bathhouse, Lodz ghetto, Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto, Chairmen of Jewish Councils (Judenraete) in German-occupied and controlled territories, Chronicles of the ghetto life, Chronology of the Lodz Ghetto, Collaboration between the members of Jewish councils and German administration, Collaboration in ghettos, correspondence to and from ghettos, day-to-day life in ghettos, day-to-day life in the Lodz Ghetto, Departments of Jewish Councils (Judenraete) in German-occupied and controlled territories, Deportations from Lodz ghetto, Entertainment, Lodz ghetto, Exemptions from deportations, Forced labor in ghettos, German-Nazi crimes in the Lodz ghetto, Gertler, Dawid, Hans Biebow, Nazi-German administrator in Lodz ghetto, Inequality in the ghettos, Inquiries about relatives and friend sent to the Judenrat of Lodz ghetto, Jerzy Tomaszewski, photographs of the Lodz Ghetto, Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Lodz Ghetto, Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany), Jewish Order Police in ghettos, Jewish Order Service, policemen, Judenrat, Jewish council in ghettos, Kaliski, Romek, Member of the Jewish order police in Lodz ghetto, Lodz (Poland), Lodz (Poland: Ghetto), Lodz, Litzmannstadt (Poland), Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944, Lodz ghetto, pharmacy labels, Lodz ghetto administration, Paper money and coins, Lodz ghetto, Phenomenology of Chaim Rumkowski, Photographs, Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944, Photographs and artifacts, Lodz ghetto (1940 -- 1944), Poland (1939 --1945), Ration tickets Lodz Ghetto, Sonderabteilung (Special Department), Lodz ghetto, Szpera or Allgemeine Gehsperre, a ban on leaving houses and appartments, Lodz ghetto, September 1942, The Holocaust in Poland, Trial of Jewish collaborators from the Lodz Ghetto, postwar

Forms of Material: Zonabend Archive of the Lodz Ghetto

Languages: Polish, German, Yiddish, English

Abstract

The documents reflect multifaceted history of Lodz ghetto from inside and outside perspective. The corpus of documents comprise narrative and photographs

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The record group is comprised of the wartime documents of the Jewish ghetto administration, photographs depicting life in the Łódź Ghetto, and the postwar research and investigation undertaken by the Jewish organizations in Poland and Germany. It also features materials on Mordecai Ḥayim Rumkowski, the Chairman of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, and activities of the Judenrat in general. Also within this record group is the Jerzy Tomaszewski collection of photographs, which includes authentic photographs and some wartime and postwar reprints. This collection sheds new light on the lesser-known side of ghetto life, notably Jewish council meetings, entertainment events, and public speaking. Complementing the Jerzy Tomaszewski collection of photographs is the Arthur Garfunkel collection of photographs, which includes photographs, copies of orders and ordinances issued by the German and Jewish ghetto administrations. The postwar collection of David Gertler papers has been added to this record group for cross-referential purposes.

Materials within this record group include photographs, correspondence, notes of litigations, and postwar research publications. Materials are digitized.

Collection Historical Note

The history of Łódź Ghetto exemplifies the implementation of the "final solution to the Jewish question," particularly in terms of Nazi planning, modifications, ongoing exterminations, the role of the local commanders, and the role of the decisions take in Berlin. Łódź Ghetto also represents the other side of the Nazi-orchestrated Final Solution, notably the role, place, and activity of the Jewish ghetto administration, or the Judenrat. In Łódź, the history of Judenrat is symbolized by the highly controversial but charismatic figure of Łódź Ghetto Chairman, Mordecai Ḥayim Rumkowski. The role and actions of the Jewish police in the ghetto , as well as the Jewish education institutions that functioned there, are histories in their own right.

Łódź was one of the few working ghettos and the functioning educational institutions induced hope, despite of the continuous deportation. No other ghettos in Poland, perhaps, except Łódź and Warsaw, saw the extreme polarization of the Jewish population--from hunger-stricken paupers to the almighty Jewish executives spending leisure time at restaurants and the cabaret. In Łódź, like in Warsaw, the relations between German and Jewish administrations played a crucial role that directly influenced the fates of thousands of ordinary ghetto inhabitants. Not surprisingly, the question of Jewish-German collaboration on the part of the Judenrat had been raised and investigated by the Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone of Occupation in Germany after the war.

Biographical Note

Professor of the University of Warsaw, authored a number of monographs and collective works on the Jewish-Polish history

Subject/Index Terms

Accusation and suspicion of collaboration in the Holocaust
Activities of Jewish Councils (Judenraete) Poland, 1939 -- 1945
Arthur Garfunkel, photographs of the Lodz ghetto
Bathhouse, Lodz ghetto
Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto
Chairmen of Jewish Councils (Judenraete) in German-occupied and controlled territories
Chronicles of the ghetto life
Chronology of the Lodz Ghetto
Collaboration between the members of Jewish councils and German administration
Collaboration in ghettos
correspondence to and from ghettos
day-to-day life in ghettos
day-to-day life in the Lodz Ghetto
Departments of Jewish Councils (Judenraete) in German-occupied and controlled territories
Deportations from Lodz ghetto
Entertainment, Lodz ghetto
Exemptions from deportations
Forced labor in ghettos
German-Nazi crimes in the Lodz ghetto
Gertler, Dawid
Hans Biebow, Nazi-German administrator in Lodz ghetto
Inequality in the ghettos
Inquiries about relatives and friend sent to the Judenrat of Lodz ghetto
Jerzy Tomaszewski, photographs of the Lodz Ghetto
Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Lodz Ghetto
Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)
Jewish Order Police in ghettos
Jewish Order Service, policemen
Judenrat, Jewish council in ghettos
Kaliski, Romek, Member of the Jewish order police in Lodz ghetto
Lodz (Poland)
Lodz (Poland: Ghetto)
Lodz, Litzmannstadt (Poland)
Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944
Lodz ghetto, pharmacy labels
Lodz ghetto administration
Paper money and coins, Lodz ghetto
Phenomenology of Chaim Rumkowski
Photographs, Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944
Photographs and artifacts, Lodz ghetto (1940 -- 1944)
Poland (1939 --1945)
Ration tickets Lodz Ghetto
Sonderabteilung (Special Department), Lodz ghetto
Szpera or Allgemeine Gehsperre, a ban on leaving houses and appartments, Lodz ghetto, September 1942
The Holocaust in Poland
Trial of Jewish collaborators from the Lodz Ghetto, postwar

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

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Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

Preferred Citation: RG-11, <span id="curobjectname">Łódź Ghetto, 1940-1949</span>. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Sub-Collection:

[Sub-Collection 1: RG-11.01, Ed Victor Papers, correspondence to and from Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 2: RG-11.02, Documents about German occupation of Poland, the ghetto of Lodz, 1940 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 3: RG-11.03, Lodz Ghetto, Photographs and artifacts, 1940 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 4: RG-11.04, Dawid Gertler Papers, 1945 -- 1948],
[Sub-Collection 5: RG-11.05, Lodz Ghetto, Arthur Garfunkel Collection of photographs, 1941-1944, 1941 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 6: RG-11.06, Jerzy Tomaszewski Collection of Photographs, 1940 -- 1944],
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Sub-Collection 4: RG-11.04, Dawid Gertler Papers, 1945 -- 1948

This collection contains documents pertinent to the case of Dawid Gertler, a former high-ranking Judenrat official of the Lodz ghetto. The documents relate to the pre-trial proceedings, correspondence between Gertler and his attorney, Estera Epstein, and notes made in relation to the proceedings. The majority of the documents are in Yiddish. Few of the documents can be found with notes in German, Polish, and/or English.

Subject/Index Terms:: Lodz ghetto; Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Judenraete (Jewish councils); Second World War; Jewish history; Collaboration with German administration; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany

Creators:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-11.04.01, Dawid Gertler Papers 1, pages 1-3, Yiddish in German script, 28 July 1949

The document is a partial copy of the transcript of Dawid Gertler's pre-trial proceedings held by the Jewish Court of Honor in Munich. The trial is in regards to the accusations and allegations, against Dawid Gertler, stating his collaboration with the German administration. This document is mainly in Yiddish (narrated in Latin script), German and English.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judenrat, Jewish council in ghettos; Judenrat (Jewish council), Lodz ghetto

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-11.04.02, Dawid Gertler Papers 2, pages 1-6, Yiddish in German script, 28 July 1949

The document is the transcript of Dawid Gertler's pre-trial proceedings held by the Jewish Court of Honor in Munich. The trial was held in regards to the accusations and allegations, against Dawid Gertler, stating that he collaborated with the German administration. The document is mainly in Yiddish (narrated in Latin script), German and English.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Court of honor of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Judenrat (Jewish council), Lodz ghetto; Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-11.04.03, Dawid Gertler Papers 3, page 1, World Jewish Congress, notes, English, 29 October 1949

The first page of a letter sent to the Central Committee of Liberated Jews from Kurt Grussman informing the recepient about the accusations against Dawid Gertler. The page comes from the compilation of the notes gathered by the World Jewish Congress. In the letter, Mr. Grussman asks for assistance from the recepient clarifying the information regarding the accused. The document is in English.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; World Jewish Congress

Creators:: World Jewish Congress (October 1948); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-11.04.04, Dawid Gertler Papers 4, pages 1-19, World Jewish Congress and Central Committee of Liberated Jews, English, Yiddish, 1948

The documents include letters and notes regarding Dawid Gertler's trial. The first two documents are letters in English and German asking for clarification on the accusations made against Dawid Gertler; both letters are sent to the same person at the Central Committe of Liberated Jews and are from the same sender, Kurt Grussman. The rest of the documents appear to be notes in German, Polish and Yiddish about the trial proceedings from the World Jewish Congress and the Central Committee of Liberated Jews.

Subject/Index Terms:: World Jewish Congress; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Gertler, Dawid; Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944

Creators:: World Jewish Congress (October 1948); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany; Kurt Grussman (October 1948)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-11.04.05, Dawid Gertler Papers 5, pages 1 -15, testimonies of witnesses, 1942, Yiddish, 1949, 1940 -- 1949

The compilation of testimonies regarding the Dawid Gertler trial. The testimonies give a recollection of Dawid Gertler's activities in the Lodz ghetto from his position as an authority figure. The documents are in Yiddish, German and Polish.

Subject/Index Terms:: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Gertler, Dawid; Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial

Creators:: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany; Epstein, Estera

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-11.04.06, Dawid Gertler Papers 6, page 1, testimony of the witness, 1942, Yiddish, 1949, 5 September 1942

The document is a testimony of a witness of the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial is against Dawid Gertler who is accused of collaborating with the German administration in the Lodz ghetto. The testimony is in German

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial

Creators:: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany; Epstein, Estera

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-11.04.07, Dawid Gertler Papers 7, pages 1 -15, testimonies in Yiddish, German, Polish, 1940 -- 1949

The documents consist of testomonies given by various witnesses in regards to the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial is against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration in the Lodz ghetto. The testimonies are in Yiddish, German and Polish.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-11.04.08, Testimonies of witnesses of the Dawid Gertler trial, 1949

The documents consist of witness testimonies in regards to the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial is against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the Geman administration in Lodz ghetto. The testimonies are in Yiddish, German and Polish.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-11.04.09, Dawid Gertler Papers 9, pages, 1-45, testimonies in Yiddish, German, Polish, 1949

The documents consist of witness testimonies of the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial is against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto. The testimonies are in German, Yiddish and Polish. A few testimonies are typed while the majority are written.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-11.04.10, Dawid Gertler Papers 10, pages 1-3, testimonies in German and Yiddish, 26 August 1949

The documents consist of a written witness testimony in Yiddish along with the translated typed version in German. The documents are in regards to the Dawid Gertler trial, in which he was accused of collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944

Creators:: Szaja Pacanowsky (August 1949)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-11.04.11, Dawid Gertler Papers 11, pages 1-36, testimonies in German and Yiddish, 1949

The documents consist of the witness testimonies for the Dawid Gertler trial, which is in regards to the accusations against him for collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto The written testimonies are in Yiddish and the typed ones are German.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany

Creators:: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Epstein, Estera

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-11.04.12, Dawid Gertler Papers 12, pages 1-33, testimonies in Yiddish and German, 1949

The documents consist of witness testimonies of the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial is against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with German administration in Lodz ghetto. The documents are all hand-written and are in Yiddish and German.

Subject/Index Terms:: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial

Creators:: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany; Epstein, Estera

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-11.04.13, Dawid Gertler Papers 13, pages 1-28, testimonies in Yiddish and German, 1949

The documents comprised of witness testimonies regarding the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto. The testimonies are hand-written in German and Yiddish.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-11.04.14, Dawid Gertler Papers 14, one page in Yiddish, 1949

The document is a one-page description of Dawid Gertler's wartime activities. The description belongs to the notes and documents gatheres for Dawid Gertler's trial. The trial was against David Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The document is in Yiddish (written in German script).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-11.04.15, Dawid Gertler Papers 15, pages 1-14, testimonies in Yidish, 1949

The documents comprise of witness testimonies of the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration during the war in Lodz ghetto. The testimonies are in Yiddish (German script).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-11.04.16, Dawid Gertler Papers 16, one page, notes in Yiddish, 1949

The documet is a hand-written page of notes in Yiddish regarding the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration during the war in Lodz ghetto.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-11.04.17 Dawid Gertler Papers 17, pages 1-18, notes in Yiddish, 1949

The document consists of hand-written notes pertaining to the testimonies of the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The documents are in Yiddish.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Court of honor of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-11.04.18, Dawid Gertler Papers 18, pages 1-28, notes in Yiddish, 1949

The documents consist of hand-written notes regarding the testimonies of the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. After the war, a group of Jews who had lived in Lodz ghetto informed the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Germany of Dawid Gertler's collaboration with the German administration and accused him of corruption. The documents are in Yiddish

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: RG-11.04.19, Dawid Gertler Papers 19, one page, memo to the attorney Estera Epstein, in Yiddish, 9 September 1949

The document is a brief memo to the attorney of Dawid Gertler, Estera Epstein. The document pertains to the trial against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaboration with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The accusations were directed to the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Germany by a group of Jews who had lived in Lodz ghetto during the war. The document is in Yiddish (German script).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Epstein, Estera

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: RG-11.04.20, Dawid Gertler Papers 20, Estera Epstein, notes of defense, in Yiddish on thirteen pages, 21 September 1949

The documents contain the defense notes of Estera Epstein for the Dawid Gertler trial. After the war, a group of Jews informed the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Germany about Dawid Gertler's collaboration with the German administration and accused him of corruption. Estera Epstein was the defense lawyer for Dawid Gertler and the documents listed on this collection are her noted. The document is in Yiddish (German script).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: RG-11.04.21, Dawid Gertler Papers 21, one tilte page with the title Ammendments to the Protocol, 1949

The document is a single page with the hand-written words "Protocal Amendments." The document is in Polish. The document pertains to the Dawid Gertler trial, which is in regards to the accusations made against Dawid Gertler by a group of Jews who informed the Central Committee of Liberated Jews of his collaboration with the German administration in Lodz ghetto and accused him of corruption during the war.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: RG-11.04.22, Dawid Gertler Papers 22, Ammendments to the protocol on fourteen pages in Yiddish, 21 September 1949

The document is a letter from Estera Epstein, Dawid Gertler's defense attorney during the trial. The letter is in regards to the Dawid Gertler trial in which Estera Epstein asks the Jewish Court of Honor to include the following new details to the protocol of the public trials of defendant Dawid Gertler. The trial is against Dawid Gertler, who after the war, was accused by a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, of corruption and collaborating with the German adminsitration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The document is in Yiddish

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: RG-11.04.23, Dawid Gertler Papers 23, Provisional Statute of the Liberated Jews in US zone, signed by Counsel Unterszrift, 30-31 August 1948, in Yiddish, 7 November 1948

This document contains the basic prinicples for the organizational structure of the Council of Liberated Jews in the American zone in German. The document is in Yiddish (narrated in Latin script). The document is pertinent to the Dawid Gertler trial because it identifies the responsibility of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in regards to justice and culpability; furthermore, legitimizing the role it plays in the trial against Dawid Gertler. The trial is being held by the Jewish Court of Honor due to the investigation of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in regards to the accusations of corruption and collaboration with the German administration during the war against Dawid Gertler.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: RG-11.04.24, Dawid Gertler Papers 24, a note from Dawid Gertler to Estera Epstein in Polish, 1949

The document is a note from Dawid Gertler to Estera Epstein informing her about meeting a possible witness. The document is in Polish. The trial against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews pursued the trial and it was held by the Jewish Court of Honor in Munich, Germany.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: RG-11.04.25, Dawid Gertler Papers 25, testimonies in German and Yiddish, one page, 1952 and 1954

The document is a witness testimony of the Dawid Gertler trial and it is typed in German. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaboration with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. With his defense attorney, Estera Epstein, Dawid Gertler worked to gather witnesses in his favor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: RG-11.04.26, Dawid Gertler Papers 26, testimonies in Yiddish and German, four pages, 1951, 1952, 1954

The documents consist of witness testimonies of the Dawid Gertler trial. The testimonies are in German and Yiddish. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews received the information regarding Dawid Gertler's activities during the war and set out to investigate him. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney for Dawid Gertler.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: RG-11.04.27, Dawid Gertler Papers 27, testimony in Yiddish, two pages, 1949

The document is an unfinished version of Dawid Gertler's personal testimony regarding his life during the war. The document is in Yiddish. The testimony pertains to the trial held against Dawid Gertler as it is the account of his activities during the war. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. After the war, the Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews who had resided in Lodz ghetto made the accusations against his wartime operations. Estera Epstein was his defense attorney and he was tried in the Jewish Court of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Epstein, Estera

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Gertler, Dawid; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: RG-11.04.28, Dawid Gertler Papers 29, Estera Epstein, notes of defense in Yiddish, 21 September 1949, eight pages, 21 September 1949

The document consists of Estera Epstein's defense notes for the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German adminsitration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigatin Dawid Gertler after he was accused by a group of Jews who had lived in Lodz ghetto.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: RG-11.04.29, Dawid Gertler Papers 31, Notes to Estera Epstein, attorney in Yiddish, Polish and German, 14 pages, 1949

The document contains short notes hand-written to Estera Epstein from the defendant, Dawid Gertler. The notes pertain to the trial and are written in Polish. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Epstein, Estera

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Gertler, Dawid

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: RG-11.04.30, Dawid Gertler Papers 32, Memo from Estear Epstein to the Central Committee with the list of witnesses, Yiddish, 23 August 1949

The document contains a memo written to the Central Committee of Liberated Jews with a list of witnesses. The document is in Yiddish (Germa script). The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began invesigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: RG-11.04.31, Dawid Gertler Papers 33, Memo from Estear Epstein to the Central Committee with the list of witnesses, Yiddish, 23 August 1949

The document consists of a memo written to the Central Committee of Liberated Jews with a list of witnesses for the trial against Dawid Gertler. The document is in Yiddish (German script). The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigation Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Gertler, Dawid

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: RG-11.04.32, Dawid Gertler Papers 34, Defense notes of Estera Epstein, Yiiddish and Polish, 27 August 1949, eight pages, 27 August 1949

The document consists of Estera Epstein's defense notes for the Dawid Gertler trial. The notes are in Yiddish and Polish. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberate Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made theri accusations. Estera Epstein was Dawid Gertler's defense attorney and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: RG-11.04.33, Dawid Gertler Papers 35, Defense notes of Estera Epstein, Yiiddish and Polish, 27 August 1949, seventeen pages, 27 August 1949

The document consists of defense notes for the Dawid Gertler trial. The document is in Yiddish and Polish. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Epstein, Estera; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: RG-11.04.34, Defense notes of Estera Epstein, Yiiddish and Polish, 27 August 1949, forty four pages, 27 August 1949

The document consists of defense notes for the Dawid Gertler trial. The document is in German and Polish. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler afte a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Epstein, Estera; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: RG-11.04.35, Dawid Gertler Papers 37, Memos, Protocols, testimonies, English, Yiddish, German, 1949

The document contains memos and testimonies in English, Yiddish, and German about the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)

Creators:: World Jewish Congress (October 1948); Kurt Grussman (October 1948); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 36: RG-11.04.36, Dawid Gertler Papers 38, Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, depositions, Yiddish and Polish, 1949

The documents consist of depositions regarding Dawid Gertler's activities during the war in Lodz ghetto. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney for Dawid Gertler and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor in Munich (Germany). The document is in Yiddish (German script) and Polish. The document is from the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw (Poland).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Hans Biebow, Nazi-German administrator in Lodz ghetto; Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw (Poland); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany; Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw (Poland) (1949)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 37: RG-11.04.37, Dawid Gertler Papers 39, Correspondence in Dawid Gerlter case, Yiddish and German, 1949

The document contains witness testimonies regarding the Dawid Gertler trial. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liebrated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto during the war, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney of Dawid Gertler and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor in Munich (Germany). The testimonies are written in Polish.

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 38: RG-11.04.38, Dawid Gertler Papers 40, Jewish Central Committee, correspondence in Dawid Gertler case, September 1949

The document contains the trial proceedings in Munich (Germany) of the Dawid Gertler trial. The documents consist of testimonies, witness names, protocol amendments, correspondence, and litigation paper work. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto during the war, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney for Dawid Gertler and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor. The document is in Yiddish (German script).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Lodz (Poland)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 39: RG-11.04.39, Dawid Gertler Papers 41, Jewish Central Committee, materials of Dawid Gertler case, Yiddish, English, German, 1949

The document contains a series of materials utilized during the Dawid Gertler trial. The material is in Yiddish, German, Polish and English. The majority of the materials in the document are testimonies on behalf of Dawid Gertler. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney of Dawid Gertler and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor in Munich (Germany).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Goldsztajn, Moische

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 40: RG-11.04.40, Dawid Gertler Papers 42, Dawid Gertler case, testimonies, Yiddish, German, 1949

The document contains material pertaining to the Dawid Gertler trial. The documents are in Yiddish and German. The majority of the materials are testimonies of the witnesses. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto during the war, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney of Dawid Gertler and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor in Munich (Germany).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Lodz (Poland); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 41: RG-11.04.41, Dawid Gertler Papers 43, Dawid Gertler case, materials, testimonies, memos, English, Yiddish, German, 1949

The document contains materials pertaining to the Dawid Gertler trial. The materials are in Yiddish, German and English. The majority of the materials are testimonies of witnesses. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetto during the war, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney for Dawid Gertler and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor in Munich (Germany).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Lodz (Poland); Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 42: RG-11.04.42, Dawid Gertler Papers 44, Jewish Central Committee, Materials of Dawid Gertler Case, Yiddish, German, 1949

The document contains materials pertaining to the Dawid Gertler trial proceedings. The materials are in Yiddish and German. The trial was against Dawid Gertler who was accused of corruption and collaborating with the German administration in Lodz ghetto during the war. The Central Committee of Liberated Jews began investigating Dawid Gertler after a group of Jews, who had lived in Lodz ghetton during the war, made their accusations. Estera Epstein was the defense attorney of Dawid Gertler and the trial was held in the Jewish Courts of Honor in Munich (Germany).

Subject/Index Terms:: Gertler, Dawid; Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944; Lodz (Poland); Testimonies, Dawid Gertler trial; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany; Jewish courts of honor--Munich (Germany); Sonderabteilung (Special unit of the Jewish police); Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police); Epstein, Estera

Creators:: Epstein, Estera; Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952); Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone of Occupation in Germany