The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Lodz Ghetto
The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Lodz Ghetto
Open July 29 through December 2021
In 1945, the diary of Polish teenager Rywka Lipszyc was discovered amid the rubble of the recently liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. It was written during Rywka’s time in the Łodz ghetto and provides poignant reflections on her life and experiences in 1943 and 1944.
This presentation explores the historical context within which Rywka’s diary was written – focusing on the organizational structure of the Łodz ghetto and the nature of life there under Nazi rule – while also reflecting on broader themes raised by Rywka’s compelling narrative and on the continuing importance of such first-person accounts in deepening our understanding of victims’ experiences.
The exhibit offered a moving glimpse into lives interrupted by the Holocaust. Created by the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, Poland, in cooperation with the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
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