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The 17th and 18th centuries were a turbulent period in the history of Poland, and also the time of the fall of Łódź. Wars, and especially the Swedish Deluge of 1655 destroyed the city very seriously. The Swedes burned 25 houses and murdered some of the townspeople. In 1661, a fire and plague passed through the city.
Łódź [a] is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located 120 km (75 mi) south-west of Warsaw. [8] As of 2023, Łódź has a population of 655,279, [1] making it the country's fourth largest city.
1918 - Poland regains independence and the city becomes again part of Poland. [14] 1920 - Catholic Diocese of Łódź established. Plac Wolności ("Liberty Square") with the Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument and the Holy Spirit Church in 1930. 1922 - City becomes capital of Łódź Voivodeship (province). 1925 - Łódź Airport opens.
It was the last ghetto in occupied Poland to be liquidated. [6] A total of 210,000 Jews passed through it; [3] but only 877 remained hidden when the Soviets arrived. About 10,000 Jewish residents of Łódź, who used to live there before the invasion of Poland, survived the Holocaust elsewhere. [7]
The Battle of Łódź (German: Schlacht um Łódź) or Lodz operation (Russian: Лодзинская операция, romanized: Lodzinskaya operatsia), took place from 11 November to 6 December 1914, near the city of Łódź in Poland.
Chaim Mordechaj Rumkowski (February 27, 1877 – August 28, 1944) was the head of the Jewish Council of Elders in the Łódź Ghetto appointed by Nazi Germany during the German occupation of Poland. Rumkowski accrued much power by transforming the ghetto into an industrial base manufacturing war supplies for the Wehrmacht in the mistaken belief ...
Lodz Holocaust memorial, Holon cemetery, Israel The ghetto was officially demarcated on February 8, 1940, and was the first to be built by the Nazis and the last to be destroyed. Its area was less than 4 square kilometers, most streets had no sewers.
The Manufaktura complex today is the direct result of Poland's largest renovation project since the reconstruction of Warsaw's Old Town in the 1950s (after World War II). [6] Manufaktura is a tightly-knit complex of 13 historic buildings and a newly built shopping mall. The complex spans over 27 hectares.