The Museum of the Independence Traditions in Łodz Radogoszcz Martyrdom Memorial
The Museum of the Independence Traditions in Łodz Radogoszcz Martyrdom Memorial
The Museum of the Independence Traditions in Łodz Radogoszcz Martyrdom Memorial
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petergab10
Melbourne, Australia651 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
To be honest l had no idea about the former prison history until my cousin pointed it out to me after visiting Radegast train station. The building was constructed in 1930s the factory was pass over to Polish Amry when WWll started then the Nazi took it over. Which then turn into a transit camp for Polish prisoners as the numbers grew it did turn into a prison and labour camp. The saddest chapter of Radogoszcz's history was on the night of January 18, 1945, with the Red Amry approaching and liberation just hours away. The Nazi warden's before fleeing locked all prisoners into the factory and then set fire to it where a lot of people lost their lives.
Walking into the grounds of the museum you know you are standing in a sacred place.
As you will notice the moving brick facade wall, a section of the original building, the watchtowers, a large black cross, the 30m spire, pathway leading to black monument.
The museum exhibition takes you through the different stages of Lodz history starting from 1939 invasion with so many well documented items on display. In the final room this what hit me so hard as it goes into great detail of the atrocities what took place on January 18th, 1945.
I had museum guide walk around with us and at times going into great detail to explain the exhibition and her knowledge was most appreciated.
Walking into the grounds of the museum you know you are standing in a sacred place.
As you will notice the moving brick facade wall, a section of the original building, the watchtowers, a large black cross, the 30m spire, pathway leading to black monument.
The museum exhibition takes you through the different stages of Lodz history starting from 1939 invasion with so many well documented items on display. In the final room this what hit me so hard as it goes into great detail of the atrocities what took place on January 18th, 1945.
I had museum guide walk around with us and at times going into great detail to explain the exhibition and her knowledge was most appreciated.
Written February 23, 2024
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Flemming N
Hjorring, Denmark72 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
Unfortunately the place was closed when we visited, but still felt like it was an important place to see... even from the outside. What happened here during the last days of WW2 is so evil and dark that just standing outside the building and looking at the information there is enough to give you a sense of history.
Written July 26, 2019
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majomfamily
Baden-Württemberg, Germany36 contributions
Oct 2017 • Family
Interesting museum, showing all the atrocities committed by the Germans during the NS times. But unfortunately it stops in 1945 with the end of the war and doesn’t explain what happened in this complex after the war.
Written November 1, 2017
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CaseyBe
London, UK188 contributions
May 2017 • Friends
This free museum give a chronology of the occupation of Lodz and then goes on to look at different aspects of the occupation (eg concentration camps, resistance activies, Germanisation, Polish POWs). It also gives information about the prison itself, how it functioned, about some of the inmates and its ending.
Very interesting visit - enough English to get a good flavour of the story and includes many good photographs. The memorials outside museum are well worth seeing.
Get there on tram 11 (A or B) going north and get off at Plac Parmieci Narodowej opposite the museum.
Very interesting visit - enough English to get a good flavour of the story and includes many good photographs. The memorials outside museum are well worth seeing.
Get there on tram 11 (A or B) going north and get off at Plac Parmieci Narodowej opposite the museum.
Written May 24, 2017
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Steveh3Texas
Southlake, TX764 contributions
May 2017 • Couples
This museum is free. It gives you the history of the Nazi occupation in Lodz. Many photos are arranged in chronological order. Very well presented.
Written May 11, 2017
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Geoff H
Leominster, UK63 contributions
Aug 2016 • Family
This is a former Nazi extermination camp and houses a large exhibition with much of it in English too. The first thing that strikes you is the incredibly moving brick facade which appears to mimic the souls of the dead trying to escape the camp wall-this is breathtaking and our whole group was astonished by it. Inside there are great displays and mock-ups, nowhere near the scale of Auschwitz but really worth seeing. Easy access via the trams which stop outside and cost around 50p single from the centre.
We took our kids, some displays obviously need vetting with kids-they need chaperoning-but a vital part of history to understand.
We took our kids, some displays obviously need vetting with kids-they need chaperoning-but a vital part of history to understand.
Written September 2, 2016
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Anna S
Malaysia352 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
About the location: A former police prison that was converted into a Qasi concentration camp by the Nazis after the occupation of Poland in 1939. Polish citizens were arrested here and tortured and killed for, among other things, the most trivial of offenses.
The first of four rooms documents this topic using reports and images that are sometimes shocking.
The next room shows documents, images and objects from the time of the German occupation. Here you can see public announcements and other documents that are particularly impressive because they are written not only in Polish but also in German.
The last two rooms then deal with the 'topic' of the exhibition, namely the harassment of Poland and its citizens by neighboring peoples in a broader context. Here, for example, the efforts of the Poles in exile are honored, who fought in military units during the Second World War against both Stalin's Red Army and the Wehrmacht - against the latter on the side of the Allies - and thus also contributed to the liberation of the country.
It is gratifying that this facet of Nazi terror, which is less well-known in Germany, is being addressed here. It is also gratifying that nowhere is there any mention of 'the Germans', but in connection with the occupiers only the 'Hitlerovcy'.
Admission is free.
Date of experience: February 2017
The first of four rooms documents this topic using reports and images that are sometimes shocking.
The next room shows documents, images and objects from the time of the German occupation. Here you can see public announcements and other documents that are particularly impressive because they are written not only in Polish but also in German.
The last two rooms then deal with the 'topic' of the exhibition, namely the harassment of Poland and its citizens by neighboring peoples in a broader context. Here, for example, the efforts of the Poles in exile are honored, who fought in military units during the Second World War against both Stalin's Red Army and the Wehrmacht - against the latter on the side of the Allies - and thus also contributed to the liberation of the country.
It is gratifying that this facet of Nazi terror, which is less well-known in Germany, is being addressed here. It is also gratifying that nowhere is there any mention of 'the Germans', but in connection with the occupiers only the 'Hitlerovcy'.
Admission is free.
Date of experience: February 2017
Written April 22, 2024
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