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Bookmark or Share- History & Overview of Lodz Ghetto - Jewish Virtual LibraryLodz, located in central Poland, held one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe, second only to Warsaw. When the Nazis attacked, Poles and Jews worked frantically to dig ditches to defend their city. Only seven days after the attack on Poland began, however, Lodz was occupied.
- Lodz, Poland Jewish History Tour - Jewish Virtual LibraryToday only a few hundred Jews live in Lodz. In 1968, facing criticism and pressure from the government, the only full-time Jewish school in Lodz closed its doors. For the next 47 years, after the close of the I.L. Peretz school, Jewish youth in Lodz did not have a full-time Jewish education option.
- Lodz Ghetto - Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance CenterThe ghetto in Lodz, Poland’s second largest city and major industrial center, was established on April 30, 1940. It was the second largest ghetto in the German-occupied areas and the one that was most severely insulated from its surroundings and from other ghettos.
- Lodz | Holocaust EncyclopediaThe city of Łódź (Lodz) is located about 85 miles southwest of Warsaw, Poland. The Jews of Lodz formed the second largest Jewish community in prewar Poland, after Warsaw. German troops occupied Lodz on September 8, 1939.
- 15 Best Things to Do in Łódź (Poland) - The Crazy TouristJust shy of five kilometres long, Ulica Piotrkowska is Łódź’s main thoroughfare and one of the longest pedestrian streets in the world. There’s no better place to begin your visit of the city, because it has so many of the top restaurants, shops, nightspots and sights.
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