Memoria [EN] No. 21 (06/2019) | Page 8

“A group listens to the radio on the street (German “yappers”)" The caption of the photo is not precise. A crowd gathered on Gęsiej Street, waiting for people released from prison by Adam Czerniakow. They occupy the entire breadth of the street where the prison is located. It is the 11th of March 1942, at about 3 pm. People are smiling and even laughing at the photographer. Some degree of intimacy exists between him and the people. The one with the camera is one of them, "fellow countryman". Photo by Henryk (Jechiel) Bojm (?), Foto-Forbert

fot. Henryk (Jechiel) Bojm (?), Foto-Forbert

"Obituaries" Obituaries placed on walls are a confirmation of someone's existence. Death was a daily occurrence in the ghetto, but the Jewish photographer did not photograph the dead bodies; he only wrote down the traces of the person, his name and surname, as well as the circumstances of death. Obituary photos are like portraits of people - Szlama Fagot (73), music by Bela Berlandstein (Berland), Helena Trilling, Władysław Teszner - a chemical engineer from Łódź, Cyna Oberrotman (died 20 March 1942). Photo by Henryk (Jechiel) Bojm (?), Foto-Forbert