The Radegast Station Holocaust Monument - Its History, Contemporary Function and Perception in the Eyes of Tourists and Lodz Inhabitants

• Authors: Waldemar Cudny
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the problems of the Lodz Ghetto organized by the Germans during World War II and the role of the ghetto railway station - called Radegast Station. The author also describes the contemporary function of the station, paying particular attention to the initiative of the local authorities, which led to building a monument within its premises, commemorating the Holocaust of the Lodz Jewish population. Following that, the author presents the results of a survey conducted in the monument area in 2007, which allowed the local authorities' activity and its indirect influence on the image of Lodz to be assessed.

Keywords

EN

Lodz; Ghetto; the Holocaust; perception; tourism

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 97-106

Dates

published

2008-01-01

online

2008-12-22

Contributors

author

Waldemar Cudny

• University of Lodz

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10089-008-0008-4