Title
Excavating the box of negatives and documents Henryk Ross buried in the ghetto at 12 Jagielonska Street, Lodz, March 1945
Medium
gelatin silver print from half-tone negative
Dimensions
19 x 25.3 cm (7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Mount: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Description
"[This print] shows the excavation of the box containing documents and photographs of life in the Lodz Ghetto from 1940 to 1944. The excavation was attended by my wife, Stefania Ross, Zenon Goldreich with his wife, and Jacob Urbach, all of whom were in the Lodz Ghetto. We Buried the box with documents and photographs in the ghetto at 12 Jagielonska Street during the final liquidation." -Henryk Ross