Two printed notes - Yiddish and German, to be filled out by the parents to register their son for school in the Lodz ghetto, on behalf of the "Shul Apteilung" - the school department, in the Lodz ghetto - der eldster von die yden in Litzmannstadt.
The text printed on behalf of the 'School Department in the Litzmanstadt Ghetto' - "We inform you that in the school year 1941/1942 your son / daughter is studying at the school... Street No... School lessons will begin on... Parents are obliged to ensure that their children come to school regularly ... Note: The child must present this letter to the school administration upon arrival at school." This notes were printed a few months before all the schools in the ghetto were closed!
The plan of Rumkowski, the head of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto, was to establish a huge network of schools in the ghetto, despite the deteriorating physical condition and insecurity of the ghetto children. He made sure that they maintained a school schedule, and every child was required to be registered in some school. Along with the regular schools, he established schools for all types of children in the ghetto - the education system included an orphanage, a vocational school, two high schools, a religious school, day camps and elementary schools, as well as a school for retarded children, and even a closed institution for delinquent youth. It was one of the most organized educational systems compared to all the other ghettos. The German order according to which all the Hebrew schools in Lodz, where 90% of the Jewish students studied, moved into the ghetto even accelerated the need for the organization of the institutions. However, the education system did not last long. It took great spiritual courage for the children and youth to persevere in their studies in the terrible conditions of hunger that prevailed in the ghetto and the overcrowding in the classrooms. The children would come to school hungry, without warm clothes and almost barefoot. In the first school year, about 11,000 students attended the schools in the ghetto, but over time there was a significant decrease, and by May 1940 only about 7,300 students attended. At first there was an attempt to maintain the education system as it was before the war, but very quickly feeding the children became one of its main goals. Already at the beginning of 1941, some schools were closed due to the lack of buildings in the ghetto, and after the summer vacation, all schools were closed.
16x9 approx. Very good condition.
