Map of Litzmannstadt (Lodz) (Plan von Litzmannstadt)

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Title
Map of Litzmannstadt (Lodz) (Plan von Litzmannstadt)
Date
1942
Credit Line
Collection Staatsbibiothek Berlin
Object Number
EXH.121721
Type of object
Map
Description
The Lodz Ghetto is indicated in white in the upper centre of the map.
When Nazi Germany invaded Poland, they incorporated Lodz into the Greater German Reich. They renamed the city Litzmannstadt in honour of a German general, Karl Litzmann, who had led German forces in the area in 1914.
The Lodz Ghetto was the second largest WWII ghetto for Jews and Roma in German-occupied Poland. Over 180, 000 people were crowded into an area of 4.13 kilometers. in Baluty and the Old Town area. It was the most impoverished part of the city. The ghetto was officially sealed off from the rest of the city on May 1, 1940.
Exhibitions & Publications
Published References
Erwin Thiem, Plan von Litzmannstadt (Litzmannstadt: Buchhandlung S. Seibelt, 1942); Sutnik, Maia-Mari. Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross. Exhibition Catalogue. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015, pg. 202; Jan Van Pelt, Robert. Lodz and Ghetto Litzmannstadt Promised Land and Croaking Hole of Europe. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015, pg. 44

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