The University of Lodz Promotion Center reported that research “Diary from Łódź ghetto Rywka Lipszyc”, developed by Dr Ewa Wiatr from the Center for Jewish Research of the University of Lodz received the Historical Prize 2018 of the journal “Polityka”.

– My adventure with the dairy of Rywka Lipszyc began in 2009. It was then that a copy of an anonymous manuscript was sent to the Jewish Research Center. The name Rywka and her family appeared in the course of work on the edition of the journal. We were lucky to find Rywka’s cousins living in Israel. For me, dealing with the history of the Lodz ghetto on a daily basis is a source of exceptional value – says Dr Ewa Wiatr.

The Center for Jewish Research of the University of Lodz has been operating since 2005. Its tasks include examining the history of Jews in Poland.