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History
of the
Litzmannstadt
Ghetto
On February 8, 1940, the 'Lodzscher Zeitung'
daily newspaper published a directive from
Johann Schafer, the German police president,
about the creation of a separate housing district
for Jews in the Stare Miasto and Bałuty districts.
On February 12, 1940, a mass resettlement
action began: Jews had to move to the ghetto,
whereas Poles and Germans were moved out of
that area to other parts of the city. At that time,
Łódź was incorporated into the Reich and was
part of the Warthegau region. On April 11, 1940
it was renamed Litzmannstadt to honour the
German general, Karl Litzmann (1850-1936)
