The Mayor of Łódź, Hanna Zdanowska, and the Jewish Community of Łódź
are hereby extending their invitation to join them in Łódź on 29 August 2024
for the main commemorations
the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Litzmannstadt Getto

You are invited to the 80th Anniversary of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto Liquidation.

The 29th of August is a symbolic date – in August 1944, the last people living in the closed district were deported from the Łódź Ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau by the German occupiers. Later, the ghetto was liquidated.

Łódź, which before the war was a crucial centre of Jewish culture, science and trade, still commemorates its inhabitants as well as thousands of Jews from nearby towns and many cities in Europe who lost their lives in the city or were transported from Łódź to the death camps.

29 August 2024 | Tuesday - MAIN COMMEMORATIONS

10:30 AM – Opening of the exhibition Henryk Ross. From Dawn to Dusk. The Lodz Ghetto Photographs 1940-1944.

Venue: Funeral House / Jewish cemetery, 40 Bracka St. (entrance from Zmienna St.).
Organizer: Jewish Community of Lodz.
Description: Exhibition opening: “From Dawn to Dusk,” Henryk Ross Photographs from the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-1944. Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario.

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11:00 AM – Religious ceremonies and symbolic lighting of candles at the monument to the memory of the Jews of Łódź at the Jewish cemetery in Łódź. PL/ENG, translation into PJM.

Location: Jewish Cemetery | 40 Bracka St.
The commemoration will be broadcast on the Internet on Facebook – fb.com/centrumdialogulodz and youtube.com/centrumdialoguwlodzi

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12:00 PM – Official ceremonies at the Radegast Station (laying flowers and candles). PL/ENG, PJM translation

Location: Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź – Radegast Station Branch | al. Pamięci Ofiar Litzmannstadt Getto 12
The celebrations will be broadcast on the Internet on Facebook – fb.com/centrumdialogulodz and youtube.com/centrumdialoguwlodzi

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March of remembrance from the Radegast Station to the Old Market Square. PL/ENG Start: Radegast Station.

Organizers: Archdiocese of Lodz, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Jewish Religious Community in Lodz, Social and Cultural Association of Jews in Poland, March of the Living.

The march sets off at 12:30 p.m. from Radegast Station immediately after the flower-laying ceremony and leads through the Monument to the Martyrdom of Children, the Monument to Poles Saving Jews in Survivors' Park and the Roma Forge, ending at the Decalogue Monument in Łódź. At each stop of the march, a 10-minute break is planned, during which we will hear a piece of poetry or an excerpt of memories. In addition, a representative of a religion or ethnic minority will say a prayer. Those offering their prayers will include: Roman Kwiatkowski, President of the Roma Association in Poland, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Metropolitan Archbishop of Łodź, and Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland.

The event will be a unique opportunity to pray, contemplate, and collectively commemorate the tragic events of our shared history.Please feel invited to participate in the March, which unites generations and different faiths for one purpose - to honour the ones who lost their lives, and the ones who helped save lives.

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7.00 PM – Concert on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Litzmannstadt-Ghetto performed by the Choir and Orchestra of the Grand Theatre in Łódź and the Jewish Choir CLIL. PL/ENG

Tickets available for pickup in The Great Theater.
Location: Grand Theatre, Łódź Dąbrowskiego Square 1.
Organizers: Grand Theatre in Łódź, Jewish Community in Łódź, Social and Cultural Association of Jews in Poland.
The concert, which will be presented by the Grand Theatre in Łódź, will include, among others, songs from the Łódź ghetto specially arranged for the concert for several choirs and orchestra. Andrzej Seweryn and Milena Lisiecka will read excerpts from ghetto diaries and Chava Rosenfarb's novel "The Tree of Life." Cantor Benjamin Muller will sing, among others, Samuel Malawsky's "Av Horachamim" with the participation of a male choir, pianist Julia Kociuban will perform Alexander Tansman's "Hebrew Rhapsody," and the famous violinist Leila Josefowicz will play, accompanied by the Grand Theatre Orchestra in Łódź under the baton of Rafał Janiak, the second part of Max Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 26. The concert will conclude with Wojciech Kilar's expressive vocal-symphonic poem "Exodus," based on a short theme derived from Jewish folklore. Considering the special significance of the event, the exceptional artistic value of the program, and the unique nature of the concert, we encourage you to watch it. The concert will also be available via VOD on the "Drzwi do Kultury" portal.

Other events on that day:

4:00 PM – In the footsteps of Dawid Sierakowiak's "Diary" - walk. Conducted by: Aleksandra Ciach, Centre for Initiatives for the Development of REGIO. PL

Participation is paid, PLN 20 / person, payment on the spot to the organizer.
Start: Church Square, from Zgierska Street.
Organizer: REGIO Center for Development Initiatives

 

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