Sign: Wohngebiet der JUDEN betreten Verboten. “On the 8th of February 1940, 153 days after the German troops entered Lodz, police chief SS Brigadefuhrer Schaffer had posters put on the walls of the city announcing the establishment of the Ghetto, where all Jewish inhabitants of Lodz had to be concentrated.” (p. 7)
Creator
Henryk Ross
(Polish, 1910 - 1991)
Date1940-1944
Mediumhalf-tone print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 7 x 9.7 cm (2 3/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Object number2007/2604
Copyright
© 2015 Art Gallery of Ontario
LocationNot currently on display
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Henryk Ross
1940-1944
Photograph
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