What work did the children perform in the ghetto?
In the Lodz Ghetto factories were built in order to manufacture supplies for the Nazis. They were called “ressorts”. Adults and children from the age of 10 and older worked in the ressorts. Within one year 117 factories were built in the ghetto, supplying most of the requirements of the German army in the region. The work in the ressort was very difficult – 16 hours a day, in return for a tiny portion of food.
In photograph 2 you can see children working alongside the adults.
How do you think that made them feel?
Click 3 and 4 to see other jobs of children in the ghetto.
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