The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/lodz/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:29:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Lodz | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/lodz/ 32 32 In the Łódź Ghetto, Jews defied Nazis through art. Now it is exhibited in Jerusalem https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-the-lodz-ghetto-jews-defied-nazis-through-art-now-it-is-exhibited-in-jerusalem/ Wed, 13 May 2026 01:48:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3800972 The second-largest city in Poland had a thriving Jewish cultural scene before The Third Reich incarcerated 164,000 Jews for slave labor. A Yad Vashem exhibit shows their resilience

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]]> Brussels declines to host upcoming Belgium-Israel soccer match, citing security risk https://www.timesofisrael.com/brussels-declines-to-host-upcoming-belgium-israel-soccer-match-citing-security-risk/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 18:46:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3314969 City official say game scheduled for September would provoke demonstrations endangering players, spectators, residents and police

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]]> 100-year-old who shaped Israeli photojournalism takes stage to share Holocaust survival https://www.timesofisrael.com/100-year-old-who-shaped-israeli-photojournalism-takes-stage-to-share-holocaust-survival/ Wed, 08 May 2024 11:13:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3282947 Cultural icon Dan Hadani survived the Lodz Ghetto and multiple Nazi camps. A lifelong chronicler, he continues to tell his story at the National Library of Israel

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]]> Menorahs and tableware hidden from Nazis: Polish builders uncover Jewish WWII trove https://www.timesofisrael.com/menorahs-and-tableware-hidden-from-nazis-polish-builders-uncover-jewish-wwii-trove/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 20:43:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2920246 Glass cosmetic containers, cigarette holders and hundreds of other items found under Lodz building; local Jewish community lit a restored menorah on Hanukkah

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]]> Polanski cancels visit to Polish film school over protests https://www.timesofisrael.com/polanski-cancels-visit-to-polish-film-school-over-protests/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:57:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2193434 Jewish director accused of rape was set to speak at Lodz institute, which had rejected online calls to withdraw invitation

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]]> Polish city of Lodz has first Jewish festival in decades https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-city-of-lodz-has-first-jewish-festival-in-decades/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:23:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2093504 Historically one of Poland's most vibrant Jewish communities, the city was emptied of Jews during the Holocaust

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]]> Effigy of late Polish Jewish communist hung on gallows at former Lodz Ghetto https://www.timesofisrael.com/effigy-of-late-polish-jewish-communist-hung-on-gallows-at-former-lodz-ghetto/ Wed, 01 May 2019 22:46:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2067716 'I did it, I hung a Jew,' shouts Polish activist Sławomir Dul after putting up display featuring late communist politician Jakub Berman, captioned 'Jew'

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]]> Ukrainian president mistakenly tweets photo of Jews deported by Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukrainian-president-mistakenly-tweets-photo-of-jews-deported-by-nazis/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:43:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1717383 In apparent gaffe, image of Lodz ghetto residents en route to Chelmno death camp included in post on deportations of Ukrainians by Soviets

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]]> Polish culture minister denies involvement in anti-Semitic event https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-culture-minister-denies-involvement-in-anti-semitic-event/ Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:13:39 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1513298 Piotr Glinski's office says he was not informed of discussion of book 'The Jewish Political Lobby in Poland'; organizers say otherwise

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]]> EU allocates $1.5 million to expand Lodz train station museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/eu-allocates-1-5-million-to-expand-lodz-train-station-museum/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 03:33:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1453707 Funds will be used to modernize building, construct multimedia model

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]]> Israeli Holocaust survivor confirmed as world’s oldest man at 112 https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-holocaust-survivor-confirmed-as-worlds-oldest-man-at-112/ Fri, 11 Mar 2016 01:02:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1356017&preview_id=1356017 Newly uncovered Polish documents help Yisrael Kristal of Haifa receive Guinness stamp of approval

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]]> Guinness confirms Israeli Holocaust survivor, 112, may be world’s oldest man https://www.timesofisrael.com/guinness-israeli-holocaust-survivor-112-may-be-worlds-oldest-man/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:30:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1326597 Yisrael Kristal of Haifa needs documentation that he was born on September 15, 1903, which could be a challenge

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]]> Haifa Holocaust survivor, 112, may be world’s oldest man https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-survivor-112-believed-to-be-worlds-oldest-man/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:21:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1326114 But Yisrael Kristal could have difficulties officially confirming his age

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]]> Nazi refugees ‘tagged’ in liberation documentary https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-refugees-tagged-in-liberation-documentary/ Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:00:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1310722 Seven decades after disembarking at a Swedish port, those who fled Hitler discover themselves in digitally enhanced rescue footage

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]]> Happy birthday to my 100-year-old ‘mamo’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/happy-birthday-to-my-100-year-old-mamo/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:32:44 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1273776 From Auschwitz to Canada, a son pays tribute to his Holocaust survivor parents, who endured so much over a century of living

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