See Selections from the Gift

View a selection of 15 prints from the MFA’s gift of 48 photographs by Henryk Ross (1910–1991) offering an extraordinarily rare glimpse of life inside the Lodz Ghetto during the Holocaust.

historical black-and-white photograph depicting a column of Jewish men and children, some with visible Stars of David on coats
historical black-and-white photograph depicting line of Jewish women carrying bags entering through gate with sign above that reads Zentralgefangnis
historical black-and-white photograph depicting Jewish women and children walking on road, carrying large bundles and bags
historical black-and-white photograph depicting three men pulling large barrel on cart on sidewalk
historical black-and-white photograph depicting a crowd of Jews being herded onto train boxcar by uniformed soldiers
historical black-and-white photograph depicting handless woman wearing bandana and large shawl, carrying bag and pot by her side
historical black-and-white photograph depicting a wide shot of column of Jews walking on train tracks
historical black-and-white photograph depicting Jewish woman among crowd, walking down street carrying many bags
historical black-and-white photograph depicting Jewish man carrying many bags slung over shoulder
historical black-and-white photograph depicting young Jewish man in coat and jacket walking down sidewalk carrying a large bowl
historical black-and-white photograph depicting three men sitting on horse-drawn cart with many sacks
historical black-and-white photograph depicting three uniformed police officers pushing Jewish man onto back of open train car
historical black-and-white photograph depicting older Jewish women standing by side of wooden building, carrying large bags
historical black-and-white photograph depicting a column of Jews walking down street with uniformed police monitoring from the sides
historical black-and-white photograph depicting crowd of Jews talking to others on opposite side of fence with crowd of people walking down street in the background