Nachman Zonabend collection

Yivo Institute for Jewish Research 

Nachman Zonabend collection 

6,509 digital images, JPEG 6 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm 

The collection documents life inside the Łódź Jewish ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland. It consists predominantly of the records of the Eldest of the Jews in the Łódź ghetto, Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski, and of his administration. Included are original correspondence, announcements, circulars, charts, publications, reports, essays, albums and photographs. 

This collection is divided into seven subject groups, each of which is further divided into series. There are fifteen series, arranged as follows: A: The Eldest of the Jews, Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski Series I: Organization of the Ghetto, n.d., 1940-1943 Series II: Correspondence with the German Administration, n.d., 1939-1940 Series III: Announcements Issued by Rumkowski, n.d., 1940-1944 Series IV: Circulars by Rumkowski and his Staff, 1940-1944 Series V: General Correspondence of Chaim Mordecai Rumkowski, 1940-1942 B: The Central Administration Series VI: Departments of the Ghetto Administration, n.d., 1932, 1940-1944 Series VII: Publications, Series VIII: The Ghetto Archives, n.d., 1940-1944 C: Provisioning Series IX: Provisioning Departments, n.d., 1940-1944 D: Labor Series X: Labor Departments and Divisions, n.d., 1940-1944 E: Various Departments Series XI: Various Departments, n.d., 1940-1944 F: Iconography Series XII: Albums, n.d., 1939-1942 Series XIII: Photographs, n.d., 1940, 1942, 1945, 1947