When Germany invaded Lodz in September 1939, the Nazis reigned terror upon the town—beating, arresting, and torturing Jewish citizens and religious officials. They burned down the city’s four major synagogues and established a curfew. Here, a man walks by the snowy ruins of the town’s oldest synagogue

When Germany invaded Lodz in November 1939, the Nazis reigned terror upon the town—beating, arresting, and torturing Jewish citizens and religious officials. They burned down the city’s four major synagogues and established a curfew. Here a man walks by the snowy ruins of Stara synagogue—the town’s oldest.