THE MUSEUM OF THE INDEPENDENCE TRADITIONS IN ŁODZ RADOGOSZCZ MARTYRDOM MEMORIAL: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)
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
4.5
Speciality MuseumsHistory Museums
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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petergab10
Melbourne, Australia613 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
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.
Written 23 February 2024
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Flemming N
Hjorring, Denmark73 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
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 26 July 2019
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majomfamily
Baden-Württemberg, Germany40 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
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 1 November 2017
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CaseyBe
London, UK178 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
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.
Written 24 May 2017
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Steveh3Texas
Southlake, TX798 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
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 11 May 2017
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Geoff H
Leominster, UK66 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
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.
Written 2 September 2016
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