Łódź Ghetto — Volume Five Database

Holocaust · Łódź · Poland

To best understand this database, it is important that you first read the explanation for Volumes 1–4 of this database: Łódź-Names: A Record of the 240,000 Inhabitants of the Łódź Ghetto. That file describes the database of the first four volumes published in 1994 jointly by the Organization of Former Residents of Łódź in Israel (OFRLI) and Yad Vashem as Łódź-Names: List of the Ghetto Inhabitants, 1940-1944.

This database indexes the fifth volume, also known as the “Supplementary Volume”, since it was done separately after the first four were compiled. Volumes 1–4 are in consecutive alphabetical order by surname. Volume Five stands alone, contains 20,136 records, and is also in alphabetical order by surname.

In compiling the online database, the organization of the information maintains the original order, but information is separated into additional data fields to allow greater search options. Addresses and notes which often run together in the original document were each placed into a separate field. As in the first four books, each record consists of nine fields, with some or all of the following information:

Frequently the demarcation between the address field and the notes was not at all clear. One ran into the other. Street names also appeared in the occupation column. When compiling the database, the format that appeared was followed as best as possible. The numbers were the most difficult, since there were spaces within a number, e.g. 11 was listed as 1 1. A few of the surnames seemed to be missing the final letters, e.g. as in ZYLBERBER. These were left as they appeared in the document. It is up to the researcher to make the determination about the names and notes. When the gender was left blank, it was filled in if obvious by the given name.

This database can be searched via the All Poland Database or the JewishGen Unified Search.