Capturing the Ghetto. Artistic Portrayals of Everyday Life in the Łódź Ghetto – temporary exhibition

The everyday life of the ghetto was shown using the collections of the Jewish Historical Institute: original paintings and drawings created in the ghetto – primarily by Józef Kowner, Izrael Lejzerowicz and Icchok Brauner – as well as objects made in the ghetto using various techniques. Some of them are inspired by observations of everyday life and are fully elaborated works. Others seem more like a record of reality or reportage. Still others were commissioned by the Jewish administration and they aimed to convince the Germans of the usefulness of the work of the Jews of Łódź; they are an expression of false hope for salvation.