“This rug, handmade by a resident of the old age home, should serve as evidence of the willingness and ability of elderly people to work”: Elderly Survival Strategies in the Łódź Ghetto

As a path to survival in the Łódź ghetto, “rescue through work” privileged the young and able-bodied. How did elderly ghetto inhabitants respond to the policies and demands of a strategy that inherently marginalized and disadvantaged them? Older men and women worked as long as physically possible, b...

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Main Author: Strauss, Elizabeth C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2021
In: Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Pages: 424-444
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