Announcement printed in black ink on white paper. A line crosses the middle of the page vertically; left side is in German and the right side in Yiddish.

Announcement for the Liquidation of the Łódź Ghetto

Łódź, Poland, 1944. Announcement

At the instruction of the Mayor of Litzmannstadt, the ghetto will be evacuated. “The [plant] crews will go as units together with their families.” 5,000 persons must report daily and the luggage is not to exceed 20kg per person. The first transport includes plants 1 and 2 (tailor shops), and it will leave from the Radegast (Radogoszcz) depot on Aug 3rd at 8 am. The deportees are to report at 7 am at the railroad station.

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