Chaim Rumkowski Signing Document

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.125

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

1942

Files

Content Warning

The Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection consists of images, documents, and artifacts related to the Holocaust. The collection contains materials that depict a number of topics that may be difficult for viewers to engage with, including: antisemitic descriptions, caricatures, and representation of Jewish people; Nazi imagery and ideology; descriptions and images of German ghettos; graphic images of the violence of the Holocaust; and the creation of the State of Israel. For more information, see our policy page.

Description

A black and white photograph of a man at a table signing a document with a woman next to him and several people lined up behind them.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Chaim Rumkowski, the controversial head of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat, is thought by some to have aided and abetted the Nazis in liquidating the Ghetto. Others see him as a tragic figure who merely tried to delay the inevitable by employing as many people as possible -- including children -- in the workshop system he set up.

Dimensions

2 1/2 x 3 1/2"

Keywords

Chaim Rumkowski, Ghetto, Litzmannstadt, Lodz, Patch, Star of David

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Chaim Rumkowski Signing Document" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.125.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/410