Łódź Ghetto

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The Łódź Ghetto was a major Nazi-established Jewish ghetto in occupied Poland, known for its harsh conditions, forced labor, and role as a key site in the Holocaust.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ghetto
Nazi ghetto in occupied Poland
administratedBy German civil authorities
Gestapo
alsoKnownAs Litzmannstadt Ghetto
characterizedBy disease
extreme overcrowding
forced labor
severe deprivation
starvation
connectedToEvent Final Solution
Holocaust
containsPopulation Austrian Jews
Czech Jews
German Jews
Polish Jews
Roma
Sinti
country Nazi Germany
deportationDestination Auschwitz-Birkenau
Chelmno extermination camp
economicFunction industrial workshops
major forced-labor center
endDate 1944
established February 1940
governedBy Judenrat
hasType closed ghetto
headOfJudenrat Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
lastDeportations 1944-08
liberated 1945-01-19
liberatedBy Red Army
liquidationBegan 1942
liquidationCompleted 1944-08
locatedIn German-occupied Poland
Second World War
Wartheland
Łódź NERFINISHED
namedAfter Karl Litzmann NERFINISHED
notableEvent 1942 deportations to Chelmno
September 1942 "Gehsperre" action
notableLeader Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
populationPeak over 160000 Jews
populationPeakDate 1942
precededBy ghettoization of Łódź Jews
separatedFrom rest of Łódź by barbed wire and fences
startDate 1940-02-08
subjectOf Holocaust research
historical memorials in Łódź
survivor testimonies
survivorCountApproximate about 7000–10000
timeInExistence one of the longest-lasting ghettos in occupied Poland
victimCountApproximate over 100000 murdered

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Łódź Ghetto ("Litzmannstadt Ghetto")
alsoKnownAs
Reichsgau Wartheland
containsCamp
Wartheland
hadCamp
Łódź Ghetto Jews
locatedIn
Chełmno extermination camp
transportedFrom
Łódź ("Łódź Ghetto during World War II")
wasSiteOf

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