<p>German Jews move into the Lodz ghetto area. Poland, between April 1940 and 1942.</p>

Lodz

The city of Lodz is located about 75 miles southwest of Warsaw, Poland. The Jews of Lodz formed the second largest Jewish community in prewar Poland, after Warsaw. German troops occupied Lodz one week after Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. 

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