Object numberM1996/023:008
DescriptionArchival material and document from the Russian Government archives related to the Genocide of the Jewish people there. Copies, in Russian with English translations attached. Originals are in the Moscow archives.
This is a first hand account of conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto by Benjamin Horowitz who was imprisoned in the Ghetto and worked in the Jewish Council that organised the food supplies. He reports in detail the rations of the Ghetto and the supply of food. He also testifies to force labour in the ghetto and the deportation and resettlement of the Jews.
This is a first hand account of conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto by Benjamin Horowitz who was imprisoned in the Ghetto and worked in the Jewish Council that organised the food supplies. He reports in detail the rations of the Ghetto and the supply of food. He also testifies to force labour in the ghetto and the deportation and resettlement of the Jews.
Production placeWarsaw, Poland
Subjecttestimonials, Nuremberg Trials, Warsaw ghetto, food and eating, starvation, deportation, forced labour, resettlement program
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the Russian Government Archival Service