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Ghetto windows

Ghetto windows, okna getta, getto, Litzmannstadt, Lodz, Łódź, Franciszkańska, Franciszkanska, Knüpferstraße, Franzstraße, Polska, Poland, Polen, camera: Samsung GX10, lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG, photo: Krystian Kozerawski, www.kozerawski.com

The tenant house at Franciszkanska Street (close to the Wolborska Street and Smugowa Street). The one of the first tenants on the ghetto side (the gate was placed just about 100 meters away). The old tenants of old Baluty and Marysin haven’t been renovated for decades - I dare say, they haven’t been renovated at all since the pre war time. As you can see, some of the windows have the original wooden frames.

Night time traffic

Night time traffic, Lodz, Lodsch, Łódź, Plac Kościelny, Church Square, Kirchenplatz, Kościół Wniebowstąpienia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Church of assumption of St Marry, ulica Zgierska, ulica Wojska Polskiego, Zgierska street, ghetto, most, ghetto wooden bridge, Litzmannstadt, camera: Samsung GX10, photo: Krystian Kozerawski, www.kozerawski.com

Night time traffic at the junction of Zgierska street,the Wojska Polskiego Street (Polish Army Street) and the Church Square (Plac Kościelny) with the Gothic-revival church of the assumption of St Marry. Place of the historical importance of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto - the place where the wooden bridge was built. The bridge was to link two parts of the ghetto over the Zgierska Street, that was excluded of the ghetto for the transit traffic (only the sidewalks and the houses were in the ghetto while the street road itself was behind the fence). The place where the bridge was placed is whole right side of the photo (almost from the centre). This place haven’t changed much. Camera: Samsung GX10.

You won’t escape, part 2: Hotel Centrum

You won't escape, part 2: Hotel Centrum, Lodz, Łódź, Lodsch, Poland, black and white, communist era buildings, city centre, camera: Samsung GX 10, lens: SIGMA 24-70mm F/2.8 EX DG, photo: Krystian Kozerawski, www.kozerawski.com

This is the old communist era hotel, a part of a first glimpse of Lodz for every newcomer, who travels from Warsaw to Lodz and who arrives in Lodz Fabryczna train station. Photo taken during the tests of my new lens - Sigma 24-70mm F/2.8 EX DG (lens with the constant exposure). Camera: Samsung GX 10

Broken Heart Memorial

Broken Heart Memorial, Pomnik Złamane Serce, Park Szarych Szeregów, Lodz, Łódź, Polska, Poland, Polen, Getto, Litzmannstadt Ghetto, obóz koncentracyjny dla dzieci, concentration camp for Polish children, fotografia czarnobiała, black and white, bw, camera: Samsung GX10, lens: Sigma 70-300mm APO DG Macro, photo: Krystian Kozerawski, www.kozerawski.com

Lodz, Poland, Baluty district, former Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Broken Heart Memorial built in memory of Polish children, the prisoners of the only one concentration camp for Polish children only. The prison officially named (in German): Polen-Jugendverwahrlager der Sicherheitspolizei in Litzmannstadt was actually small concentration camp for young Poles (2 years old kids and teenagers) was opened in November 1942 at Przemysłowa Street inside the Litzmannstadt Ghetto, just nearby the Kirkut - Jewish cemetery. The KL had a 3 meters high barbed wire fence, wooden watchtowers, blockhouses, main square, internal prison and the house of tortures. The food rations were lower than in the other concentration camps. The statue was built at the other end of the camp. There is an inscription in the fron of the monument - “They taken your lives. Today we can offer you only memory”. The surroundings areas (also former Litzmannstadt Ghetto) were changed to the park.