Searching for the crack in the wall
This is the info I've gathered about the Pabianice ghetto, whittled down from a couple of different Holocaust history pages. The Kruschender Stadium on Zamkowa Street had 5 hectares, on which a football pitch and athletics competitions were arranged. Tennis players played on two courts. In the club premises on Pierackiego Street, you could play chess, checkers, and billiards. https://www.zyciepabianic.pl/informacje/historia/gdy-tur-walczyl-z-burza.html After the German army entered the city on September 8, 1939, persecution of the Jewish community began. Here, as throughout the Łódź Voivodeship, Jews were forced to wear armbands with the star of David and the word "Jude" on them. A curfew was also introduced, which allowed Jews to travel within the city only between 8:00-17:00, though they were forbidden from moving or leaving the city. They were also forbidden from using the sidewalks, and had to walk in the street. They had to nod in greeting to each German they met on...