January 19, 1945
Soviet Troops Enter Łódź
Historical context
On this day, January 19, 1945, the Red Army entered Łódź. About 800 Jews who had hidden in the former ghetto were liberated.
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- January 19, 1945
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On this day, the Red Army entered Łódź. The ghetto had already been liquidated. In the summer of 1944 the remaining tens of thousands of inmates were deported, most of them to Auschwitz. A few hundred Jews had been kept back to crate abandoned property and then escaped into hiding as the Germans prepared to kill them.
About 800 Jews were found in the former ghetto area. The 8 February 1940 establishment order is a separate story.
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- Lodz · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Holocaust Encyclopedia View source
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