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Ghetto Litzmannstadt / Lodz
The Lódz Ghetto was the second-largest ghetto (after the Warsaw Ghetto) established for Jews and
Roma in Nazi-occupied Poland. Situated in the
town of Lódz and originally intended as a temporary
gathering point for Jews, the ghetto was transformed into a major industrial center, providing much
needed supplies for Nazi Germany and especially for the German Army. Because of its remarkable
productivity, the ghetto managed to survive until August 1944, when the remaining population was
transported to Auschwitz. It was the last ghetto in Poland to be liquidated.
When German forces occupied Lódz in September 1939, the city had a population of 672,000 people, over one-third of them (233,000) Jews. Lódz was annexed directly to the Warthegau region of the Reich and renamed Litzmannstadt.
The bills of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto are issued in Mark and are dated 15 May 1940 and show the
signature of the "Eldest of the Jews" - Chaim Rumkowski.
50 Pfennig
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