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Haim Yafim Barbalat
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Project Type
Photography
Date
April 2023
I visited Lodz, and discover a beautiful city with unique architecture, interesting history ,vibrant culture, arty and tasty. Saying Lodz and immediately thinking about the life of the big Jewish community before the holocaust and the death after. a visual journey to the present city with a past.
I love visiting old factories so Lodz was a perfect location.
It was known as the "Textile Capital" of Poland, and a home to numerous textile factories.
today the special buildings are transformed
beautifully into malls, apartments, offices, and cultural spaces.
giving new life to the city's industrial heritage.
The Very wealthy owners of the factories like Jewish Israel Posnanski and German K.Schreiber's lived in luxurious palaces ,just next to the factories you pass and see different style, get in and see different life .
graffiti is the best way to learn about city's vibe .I found throughout the city art with many Jewish elements, paying homage to the significant Jewish population . From colorful Jews to memorials to those lost in the Holocaust. even Israeli artists like DeDe and Nitzan Mintz created here .it looks that the street art in Lodz is a powerful reminder of the city's past .
Radegast the old train station now is memorial site.
From this station the Jews of the ghetto were sent to labor, concentration and extermination camps. im walking through the years from 1939 till the liquidation of the ghetto in august 1944 and thinking about life that turn to death in this place
The New Jewish cemetery ,where thousands of Jews who lived before World War II are buried.even the palace tomb of Posnanski is here a reminder of the big lively Jewish community of Lodz that doesn't exist anymore only old tombstones covered with new leaves.
after the cemetery you need something comforting and polish food like pierogi or kielbasa, really helps to digest and bring back to life its tasty and known for traditional preparation methods.
A propriate visit wont be full without checking the Night Life .in the weekend the bars and clubs are open .people going out late and fill the street with life again
sweet dreams
The project was supported thanks to the Polish Institute Tel Aviv Israel
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