LEFT FOR DEAD: Along with children, the elderly were frequently among those selected to be killed. Those who were especially sick, infirm, or disabled were left to their deaths without proper food, care, or medicine. Here (opposite, top), several elderly persons are hauled off on a cart—likely to never be seen or heard from again.

Henryk Ross/Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross 1940-1945 (Henryk Ross/Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross 1940-1945)

Henryk Ross/Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross 1940-1945