Lodz, Poland is the location that is located in central Poland, which then was the largest community in Europe. On November 7, 1939, Lodz was incorporated into the Third Reich and the Nazi's changed its name too Litzmannstadt or locally named Litzmanns City, which was named after the German General who died while attempting to conquer Lodz in World War I.
On December 10th, 1939, the governor of Kalisz-Lodz District wrote a secret memorandum which set out to become a ghetto in Lodz. A ghetto is where Jews were until Germans found a solution to the "Jewish Problems," whether immigration or genocide. The Jews in this place were on an estimated population of 230,000.
February 8th, 1940 the order to set up the Lodz ghetto was announced, and would only take 2 weeks to set up. Only months after the German invasion, the Lodz Ghetto was officially sealed on May 1, 1940. Though it took them a month to put up a fence around the ghetto.
In this story they were affected very early. The place that they lived in got affected by Hitler was Lodz Poland. September of 1939 was officially when Riva was affected by the "Volkedeutsche's," part of Hitlers military.
On December 10th, 1939, the governor of Kalisz-Lodz District wrote a secret memorandum which set out to become a ghetto in Lodz. A ghetto is where Jews were until Germans found a solution to the "Jewish Problems," whether immigration or genocide. The Jews in this place were on an estimated population of 230,000.
February 8th, 1940 the order to set up the Lodz ghetto was announced, and would only take 2 weeks to set up. Only months after the German invasion, the Lodz Ghetto was officially sealed on May 1, 1940. Though it took them a month to put up a fence around the ghetto.
In this story they were affected very early. The place that they lived in got affected by Hitler was Lodz Poland. September of 1939 was officially when Riva was affected by the "Volkedeutsche's," part of Hitlers military.