„Podczas wojny przebywał w łódzkim getcie”. Portret architekta Ignacego Gutmana
“During the war he was in the Łódź ghetto”. A portrait of the architect Ignacy Gutman
Author(s): Joanna KrólSubject(s): Architecture, History of Law, Local History / Microhistory, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of the Holocaust, Court case
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: Ignacy Gutman; Łódź ghetto; Holocaust; Social Court;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents Ignacy Gutman (1900–1972), engineer, architect, author of numerous designs of residential houses and public buildings in Łódź. Gutman survived five years of World War II in the Łódź ghetto. He was head of the Construction Department. He drew the first plan of the ghetto and designed the banknotes that were used in the ghetto. After the war, he was a witness in the trial of Hans Biebow, who was the German administrator of the ghetto. In 1947, he was denounced and charged with crimes against the Jewish population, which he vehemently denied. His biography has been reconstructed on the basis of trial testimonies, emigration documents, the Gutman family archive, and oral history interviews.
Journal: Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 324-340
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish