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Program of the Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Liquidation of the Litzmanstadt Ghetto by the Germans, Łódź 2009

August 2009

24.08 (Monday)

  • 1 p.m. Opening of the exhibition "Extermination of the Jewish Towns", Muzeum Tradycji Niepodległościowych, ul. Gdańska 13.
  • 4 p.m. Opening of the exhibition "Ghetto, Terra Incognita. Fighting Art of Arie Ben Menachem and Mendel Grosman"; City of Łódź Gallery, ul. Piotrkowska 87.
  • 8.30 p.m. Screening of the documentary and feature films about Jews and Poles during the Second World War, Rynek Starego Miasta more.

25.08 (Tuesday)

  • 1 p.m. Unveiling of the "Żegota" obelisk in the Survivors' Park.
  • 5 p.m. A film premiere "Ventzki. Children of the Perpetrators, Children of the Victims", cinema of the Muzeum Kinematografii, Plac Zwycięstwa 1.
  • 8.30 p.m. Screening of a film at Rynek Starego Miasta; a film premiere - "Angel of Ahlem" - more.

26.08  (Wednesday)

  • 3 p.m. Commemoration of the Gymps Camp in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto – ul. Wojska Polskiego 84.
    • Opening of the exhibition "And the Violin Stopped Playing...", Kuźnia Romska.
  • 4:30 p.m. Commemoration of the Przemysłowa Camp for Childern and Youth , Park im. Szarych Szeregów.
  • 6 p.m. Ceremonies at the Jewish Cemetery:
    • Welcoming of the guests,
    • Prayers: Kaddish, El Mole Rachamim,
    • Unveiling of the plaque commemorating the Jews deported by the Germans from Leer and Emden to the Litzmannstadt Ghetto.
      Additional events:
  • 8 p.m. "Lodzer Texte/ Łódź Texts" by Reinhard Grossmann – Cafe Tuwim, ul. Pomorska 18.
  • 8 p.m. A concert by CLIL choir; Rynek Starego Miasta.
  • 8.30 p.m. Screening of a film at Rynek Starego Miasta - more.

27.08  (Thursday)

  • 9 a.m. Morning mass commemorating the victims of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto in Łódź in St. Mary's Assumption’s Church, Plac Kościelny.
  • 11 a.m. Ceremony at the Memorial Radegast Bahnhof.
  • 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Memorial March to the Survivors’ Park.
  • 1 p.m. Unveiling of the Monument Honoring Poles Who Saved Jews During WW II - Ceremonies at the Survivors’ Park.
  • 9 p.m. Concert: Andrzej Krauze: "Righteous of This World"; Hotel Andels, ul. Ogrodowa 17.
Screening of a 3D film "Liquidation 08.1944" at the Radegast Station at: 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. - more.

Additional events:
  • 5 p.m. Screening of the documentary and feature films about Jews and Poles during the Second World War; Cinema at the Muzeum Kinematografii, Plac Zwycięstwa 1 - more.
  • 6 p.m. A film "... Don’t Entangle Me", by Piotr Zarębski, Charlie cinema, ul.Piotrkowska 203/205.

28.08  (Friday)

  • 9 a.m. Conference "Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile and Government Delegation for Poland on the Jewish Question", Faculty of Law and Administration University of Łódź, ul. Kopcińskiego 8/12.
  • 10.30 a.m. Opening of the exhibition of the Henryk Ross  photographs "Buried memories" during the conference break.
  • 11 a.m. Reunion of Survivors in Pałac Poznańskiego, ul. Ogrodowa 15.
  • 7 p.m. Sabbath prayers in the synagogues: ul. Rewolucji 1905 no 28 and ul. Pomorska 18.
Screening of a 3D film "Liquidation 08.1944" at the Radegast Station at: 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. - more.

Additional events:
  • 3 pm "Ghetto Litzmannstadt - Research Sources and Projects", University of Łódź, ul. Franciszkanska 1/5.
  • 5 p.m. Screening of the documentary and feature films about Jews and Poles during the Second World War; Cinema at the Muzeum Kinematografii, Plac Zwycięstwa 1.
  • 6 p.m. Critical Mass - an educational action, a bicycle tour through the Litzmannstadt Ghetto.
  • 6 p.m. Opening of the photograph exhibition "Spring 1941", at Opus Film, ul. Łąkowa 29.
  • 8.30 p.m. Screening of a film "Spring 1941" by Uri Barbur, Bałtyk Cinema, ul. Narutowicza 20.

29.08  (Saturday)

  • 9:30 a.m. Sabbath morning prayers in the synagogues; ul. Rewolucji 1905 no 28 and ul. Pomorska 18.
  • 9 p.m. Gala Concert,Teatr Wielki in Łódź:
    • Hawdala - Sabbath ending prayer,
    • Krzysztof Penderecki "Kaddish-to All Łódź Abrameks Who Desired to Live and to the Poles Who Saved the Jews",
    • "Seven Gates of Jerusalem".
Screening of a 3D film "Liquidation 08.1944" at the Radegast Station at: 12:00 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. - more.

Additional events:
  • 5 p.m. A film premiere "Perecowicze" by Sławomir Grünberg, Teatr Nowy, ul. Więckowskiego 15.
  • 5 p.m. Screening of the documentary and feature films about Jews and Poles during the Second World War; Cinema at the Muzeum Kinematografii, Plac Zwycięstwa 1.