Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska w Łodzi

 

The history of the Jews in Łódź begins in the late 18th century, when the first Jews arrived in the city. The community grew and became one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe. During the Holocaust, the city’s Jewish population was concentrated in the northern district of the city, Bałuty, where a Nazi ghetto was established. The community numbers several hundred people and is headquartered in the Karol Gebhardt House at ul. Pomorska 18 in the city. The community’s offices are still located at the same address at ul. Pomorska 18.

Jewish cemetery, Lodz

The Łódź Jewish Cemetery, also known as the New Jewish Cemetery, was once the largest Jewish cemetery in Poland and one of the largest in the world. Located on Bracka Street in Łódź, the cemetery was opened in 1892 and covers an area of ​​approximately 44 hectares. The cemetery contains between 180,000 and 230,000 marked graves, as well as mass graves of victims of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto and the Holocaust. The basic structure of the cemetery was completed between 1893 and 1896 under the supervision of renowned architect Adolf Zeligson