Akta miasta Łodzi

The Gettoverwaltung documents are correspondence with the Judenrat on all manner of subjects related to the ghetto, and correspondence with German government offices and companies regarding the ghetto’s manufacturing output, employment of Jews in labour camps, looting of their property – on matters of this nature reports were submitted by the Kripo (the German criminal police, which had a police station inside the ghetto). There is also a wealth of valuable material in Wydział Ogólny Zarządu Miejskiego w Łodzi (Allgemeine Verwaltung Stadtverwaltung Litzmannstadt, General Administration of the Łódź City Authorities) – above all minutes of meetings of the Rada Miejska (City Council) devoted to the Łódź ghetto. These were attended by the highest-ranking German officials of the Wartheland region. In Wydział Zdrowia Zarządu Miejskiego w Łodzi (Gesundheitsamt Stadtverwaltung Litzmannstadt, Department of Health of the Łódź City Authorities) statistical reports have been preserved detailing the mortality of various national groups, including the Jews, as well as the results of race research conducted by the Oddział Rasy i Dziedziczenia (Rasse- und Erbe Abteilung, Section for Race and Inheritance).