Ghetto-Zeitung, official Lodz Ghetto newspaper, issued by the head of the Judenrat, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. Issues 1-12 (bound together). March-May 1941. Yiddish.

The issues feature various announcements pertaining to life in the ghetto – treatment of epidemics, work arrangements, food distribution, as well as articles reviewing Rumkowski's activities (most written by Rumkowski himself). Most issues include a list of Jews judged and sentenced by Rumkowski.
Rare. Not in NLI. Only one listing in OCLC.

Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski (1877-1944) headed the Judenrat of the Lodz Ghetto throughout its entire existence. Rumkowski is considered one of the most controversial figures in the history of the Holocaust and as the head of the ghetto instituted an extreme personality cult. Among his roles, Rumkowski was responsible for providing lists of people to be sent to the extermination camps. In 1944, he was sent with the last inmates of the ghetto to the Auschwitz extermination camp, where he was murdered, presumably, that same day.

Most issues comprise 4 pages. 34 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Inked stamps. Bound together. Binding with gilt title; slightly worn. Notation on front board.