Thursday August 26
Dad's old neighborhood in Lodz
Courtyard where Ralph Rosemblum lived
Outside courtyard where Dad's grandfather lived
Dad, then named Idek Trzmiel, lived here
These are the two windows
Uncle Sam lived here
Dad's former school
Former Synagogue
Lunch
Site of Mom's home
Entrance to Lodz Jewish cemetery
Largest Jewish cemetery in Europe
Building across from entrance
Inside
Poznanski Mausoleum
Tombstones for graves now under the road
Plaque marking ghettot field
It reads:
"THE GHETTO FIELD"-HOLDS THE GRAVES OF 43,527 GHETTO VICTIMS DURING
THE YEARS 1940 TO 1944. MANY VICTIMS WERE EXECUTED OR BRUTALLY SLAIN;
OTHERS DIED FROM DISEASE OR STARVATION.
More than 1000 other graves are scattered among the main cemetery
These holes were dug by the few Jews left to gather valuables
after the Ghetto was cleared.
Amid the confusion of the Russian advance they escaped.
Their graves remain unfilled.
