Ghetto

Railway to hell! WWII station from where thousands of Jews were sent to their deaths renovated to house Łódź ghetto monument

The building was used as an Umschlagplatz, or collection point for Jews who had been corralled inside the Litzmannstadt ghetto during the Germans’ deliberate and systematic murder spree across occupied Europe. UM Łódź

“For most people who were imprisoned in the ghetto, Radegast Station was either the first thing they saw after arriving or the last they saw of it before their death. The whole ghetto passed through this point.”

Roma victims of Nazi German ghetto honoured in Poland

The Roma victims of a World War II-era Jewish ghetto were honoured in a ceremony in the central Polish city of Łódź on Thursday.

Litzmannstadt Ghetto girl on special mural in Łódź

A commemorative mural showing a Jewish girl in the World War II Litzmannstadt Ghetto in Łódź, central Poland was unveiled on one of the city's buildings on Sunday. The girl's figure was reproduced from an old photograph, her identity and later fate are unknown.

WWII nuns who saved Jewish children honoured in new exhibition

The nun’s developed a secret network stretching from Warsaw to Ukraine to help Jewish men, women and children escape the horrors of the Holocaust.

Lublin Jews remembered on 76th anniversary of ghetto liquidation

Residents of the eastern Polish city of Lublin commemorated the 1942 liquidation of its Jewish ghetto on Saturday by walking the route along which the Germans led Jews to a local railway siding, from where they were deported to the Belzec German death camp.

Krakow ghetto liquidation anniversary marked

A Remembrance March in Krakow (southern Poland) on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto.

Bialystok commemorates 75th anniversary of Ghetto extermination

The northeastern Polish city of Bialystok held commemorations on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of the deportation process from the Bialystok Ghetto.

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