This wooden multi-story house with an addition was situated just behind the lodge. Eight children stand in the yard posing for the photograph. A man and woman are busy hanging laundry out to dry while three young women observe the scene from their…
A view of Lutomirska Street from St. Mary's Church. Poor single-storey houses form a drab backdrop for the daily commotion which as a rule dominated here, in the very center of the Old Town. Numerous pedestrians rush past on both sides of the street,…
This building, constructed before WWII for use by the Łódź's Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych), numbered among the most elegant edifices in Bałuty at the time. Above the modernist framework we can see part of a large inscription: THE ŁÓDŹ SICK FUND. At…
Arrangement of four photographs taken during an outing by the pond at the Julianów Park. In the upper left a picture inscribed “Julianów 1937” showing Mania and Zanvel, in bathing suits, stand in thigh-deep water. Moving clockwise: Mania and Zanvel…
On their first date, in 1937, the Goldbergs took a leisurely stroll through the Julianow Park, 1.5 miles away and only a half an hour’s walk from their homes in Bałuty. This photograph was taken at a later date in the same park—at this point, Mania…
The paths of the Goldbergs’ ancestors have been reconstructed through meticulous archival research. These documents tell a story that goes back to the late 18th century. We follow members of a handful of families as they seek new life in a dynamic…