Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Łódź, Poland
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4.9 km
59 m
Explore Łódź in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in ŁódźIndividual Sights in ŁódźSight 1: Muzeum Tradycji Niepodległościowych, oddz. „Stacja Radegast”
The Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź – the longest functioning historical museum in Łódź, established in 1959 under the name "Museum of the History of the Revolutionary Movement"; local governments, collecting all kinds of souvenirs from the field of independence traditions, primarily from Łódź, the Łódź region and selectively Polish. Its Radogoszcz branch specializes in the history of the German occupation of 1939–1945 in Łódź and the Łódź region. As the heir of the Museum of the History of the Revolutionary Movement (1959–1990), it has an important collection of documents, photographs and fine arts from the period of the Polish People's Republic, from Łódź and the region. The collection also contains many unique materials related to the history of Łódź and the Łódź region.
Sight 2: Tablice Radegast
Radogoszcz station is a historic railway station in Łódź, Poland. The station, which was originally built between 1926 and 1937, was used extensively during The Holocaust. It served as the Umschlagplatz for transporting Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to the extermination camps during Operation Reinhard. The "loading platform" is in Marysin, a neighbourhood in the city's Bałuty district.
Sight 3: Dom przedpogrzebowy w Łodzi
The funeral home in Łódź is a funeral home located in the eastern part of the new Jewish cemetery in Łódź. Currently, it is the largest building of this type in Poland and one of the largest in the world. The building is entered into the provincial register of monuments under the number A/276.
Sight 4: Mauzoleum Izraela Poznańskiego
The Mausoleum of Izrael Poznański is an Art Nouveau mausoleum at the new Jewish cemetery in Łódź.
Sight 5: Pomnik Martyrologii Dzieci
The Monument to the Martyrdom of Children, the so-called Broken Heart in Łódź – unveiled on 9 May 1971. It commemorates the tragic fate of Polish children during World War II, especially the child prisoners of the nearby camp for Polish children and youth at Przemysłowa Street in Łódź. The monument is located in the Grey Ranks Park at the intersection of Bracka and Staszica streets.
Sight 6: Szpital im. Heleny Wolf w Łodzi
The Dr. Helena Wolf Hospital is a historic building located at Łagiewnicka Street in Łódź, designed by Henryk Hirszenberg.
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