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Peace in the city - Lodz
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Europe's Largest Jewish Cemetry
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  • By stakhanov on June 8, 2005
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    Peace in the city
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    Visit Lodz's Jewish cemetry on Bracka street. It is said that it is the largest of its kind and has over 250,000 graves of jews including Lodz's Poznanski. Furthermore, you can visit this trip on the part of a ghetto tour of the city. You can find more information at the tourist information or at this website. Entrance to the cemetry is four zlotys.

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    Jewish cemetery
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  • By Ben-UK on August 27, 2002
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    Visit the Jewish cemetery on ul. Bracka and ul. Zmienna, the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe. It was created in 1892 when residents of the nearby neighbourhood refused to allow the expansion of the old cemetery on ul. Wesola. The Lodz textile industrialist Izrael Poznanski donated the first 10.5 hectares of land towards the establishment of a new cemetery.
    The first people buried there were the victims of the Cholera outbreak in 1892.
    During the First World War, the cemetery was badly damaged, but renovation was started at the beginning of the 1920's when Poland regained independence.
    During the Holocaust, Lodz had the largest Jewish ghetto after Warsaw and the cemetery was situated in the eastern part of the ghetto. By 1944, approximately 43,000 Jews were buried in what is now called the 'Ghetto Field' part of the cemetery.

    The cemetery is open 9am-3pm every day except Saturday. Men need a head cover.

    If you take tram no. 1 from ul. Kilinskiego, get off at ul. Strykowska. The cemetery entrance on ul. Zmienna is a short walk from there.

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    Celebrating May 3rd,...
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  • By Wiktoria on August 26, 2002
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    Celebrating May 3rd, Constitution Day, in Lodz. May 3rd Constitution is the oldest constitution in Europe and the second oldest constitution in the world.

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    KALISZ. The Old Town in...
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  • By Wiktoria on August 26, 2002
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    KALISZ. The Old Town in Kalisz seen from the Town Hall. This is a very ancient town. It was mentioned by Claudius Ptolemy about 147 AD. Kalisz was a very important amber route between the Baltic Sea and Rome.

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    Many intricate stained glass...
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    Many intricate stained glass windows survived in the old town houses and mansions and of course churches.

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    Many of these parks provide...
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  • By Wiktoria on August 26, 2002
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    Many of these parks provide leisure activities.
    You can go horse back riding in the Lagiewniki Forest. Zdrowie offers the thrills of the amusement park. A mountain biking course is situated in Park ks. Poniatowskiego (picture).

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    Many people think that Lodz is...
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  • By Wiktoria on August 26, 2002
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    Many people think that Lodz is grey. That's not true. Lodz has many beautiful parks like Park Julianowski, Zdrowie, Sienkiewicza, Helenow, ks. Poniatowskiego (pictured here) and the Poland's largest forest within the city limits, Lagiewniki.

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    My parents' old bank in Lodz. ...
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  • By Wiktoria on August 26, 2002
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    My parents' old bank in Lodz. It is very imposing outside as well as inside.
    (picture borrowed from http:www.lodz.pl/miasto/banki.html)

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    This is a plaque commemorating...
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  • By Wiktoria on August 26, 2002
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    This is a plaque commemorating a ceremony during which king Wladyslaw Jagiello granted Lodz with the city rights.

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    This mansion is part of the...
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    This mansion is part of the excellent Politechnic University of Lodz. It's a very good and at the same time tough university (mostly engineering majors).

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