7/5 The judicial system
An arbitration court was created by the Judenrat in Żyrardów and existed for
a long time. It started with people coming to the Judenrat to solve conflicts.
The number of such cases grew steadily, as did the need to create a permanent
commission at the Judenrat.
The arbitration court evolved in time into an almost official court and
the Jewish population stopped going to the town court and sorted out all conflicts
in the “Jewish court,” as they called it. The verdicts of the arbitration
court were almost always accepted by the [conflicting] sides and were also
respected by the town court if one of the sides appealed. The arbitration court
did not have any written laws, and one was judged according to current relations
and living conditions of the sides. The poor side was always [7] preferred;
mostly attention was paid so that there would be no eviction from any dwelling.
The material was very interesting, in particular the complaints; unfortunately,
all was lost during the resettlement.
7/6 Economic help
No activity was carried out during the war in this area. Those who had the
possibility to earn money, could do it without help. Those who were in need of
help, were supported with money, food products, meals, etc.
7/7 Vocational schools
There were no vocational schools in Żyrardów during the war.
7/8 What happened to the aid-funds.
After the outbreak of the war, the gemilut chesed fund did not renew its activity.
The money remained with the people, who borrowed it before the war.
ARG I 1075 (Ring. I/947)
Description: duplicate (2 copies), handwritten (U*), pencil, Yiddish, 146×204 mm,
14 sheets, 14 pages. Hebrew letter “ א” in the margins (first copy) (ink).
Edition based on the first copy of the duplicate, 7 sheets, 7 pages.
