The Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of Lodz (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of d is a 1982 documentary that uses archival film footage and photographs to narrate the story of one of the Holocaust's most controversial figures. Rumkowski was a Jew that was put in charge of the Lodz ghetto during World War II."I must stretch out my hands and beg," Rumkowski declared to Lodz ghetto inhabitants, "Brothers and sisters-Hand them over to me! Fathers and mothers-Give me your children!" With these words, a man who once directed an orphanage pleaded for Jewish parents to peacefully surrender their children to extermination camps."I must stretch out my hands and beg," Rumkowski declared to Lodz ghetto inhabitants, "Brothers and sisters-Hand them over to me! Fathers and mothers-Give me.