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We are pleased to inform you that the duration of the exhibition ‟Capturing the ghetto. Artistic Portrayals of Everyday Life in the Łódź Ghetto” has been extended. We invite you to visit the exhibition until April 27, 2025.

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The exhibition ‟Capturing the ghetto. Artistic Portrayals of Everyday Life in the Łódź Ghetto” accompanies the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto in occupied Łódź. The exhibition presents various aspects of the extremely difficult life of Jews in the ‘enclosed district’ created by the Germans. The everyday life of the ghetto was shown using the collections of the Jewish Historical Institute: original paintings and drawings created in the ghetto – primarily by Józef Kowner, Izrael Lejzerowicz and Icchok Brauner – as well as objects made in the ghetto using various techniques.

The exhibits present the everyday life of the ghetto and the circumstances in which they were made. Of particular importance are those works that artists made out of an internal need to document the realities experienced by thousands of Jews. They are an expression of resistance to the borderline situation in which their creators found themselves, an attempt to save life and preserve humanity.

More information: https://www.jhi.pl/en/exhibitions/capturing-the-ghetto,582

Accompanying events (in Polish): https://www.jhi.pl/artykuly/uchwycic-getto-wydarzenia-towarzyszace,7892

Tickets: https://tickets.jhi.pl/

Opening hours: https://www.jhi.pl/en/plan-your-visit