Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw An exhibition of art from the Lodz ghetto might sound like a paradox. How could Jews have made art in the hellish conditions of a World War II ghetto?

210,000 Polish In 1940 Jews were forced to live in the Lodz ghetto, 2.5 sqm. Most were deported to extermination camps while others either died from disease or hunger. By the end of the war only ...