With a concert commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto, we wish to honor in a special and dignified manner the thousands of Jews who were murdered in the Ghetto organized within the city of Łódź or were transported to concentration camps and cruelly killed there. Over 200,000 Jews passed through the Litzmannstadt Ghetto during World War II, and it is estimated that no more than 7,000 to 12,000 may have survived, though this number has never been confirmed. August 29 is a symbolic date because, on this day, the last transports of Łódź Jews left directly for the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. The memory of these days and people is a special tribute from the inhabitants of Łódź, who can commemorate the victims of Nazi Germany in this only possible way today.

The concert, which will be presented by the Grand Theatre in Łódź on August…