Lodz Archives - Humans of Judaism

Elias Feinzilberg.

Holocaust survivor Elias Feinzilberg was born in Łódź, Poland on October 22, 1917. When the war broke out, his entire family was forced into the Łódź Ghetto. Elias left to perform hard labor, as he was told that the Germans would pay his family for his work. But, they never […]

“How do you maintain humanity when you are treated like you are not worthy to live?”

“How do you maintain humanity when you are treated like you are not worthy to live? You talk about books, you talk about poetry, you talk about music, you sing and you value friendship. That is what my mother taught me, which helped us to survive our years in the […]