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Bloody Wednesday 1906 in Łódź - a one-day PPS combat action against the tsarist apparatus of repression Historia Łodzi
Bloody Wednesday 1906 in Łódź - a one-day PPS combat action against the tsarist apparatus of repression
How, a year after the Łódź uprising, PPS fighters carried out a coordinated attack on tsarist officials during Bloody Wednesday in 1906.
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Lipce Reymontowskie - the village that changed its name in honour of a Nobel laureate Historia Łodzi
Lipce Reymontowskie - the village that changed its name in honour of a Nobel laureate
How the village of Lipce became Lipce Reymontowskie in 1984, honouring the Nobel laureate whose novel Chłopi drew on local life.
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Łódź, the capital of Poland on paper Historia Łodzi
Łódź, the capital of Poland on paper
Why moving Poland's capital from ruined Warsaw to unscathed Łódź was seriously considered after the war, and who decided otherwise.
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Łowicz - three centuries when the town ruled Poland during every interregnum Historia Łodzi
Łowicz - three centuries when the town ruled Poland during every interregnum
How Łowicz, the residence of Poland's primates from the 15th to the 18th century, effectively ruled the country during every interregnum.
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The Hunger March in Lodz 1981 - how the textile workers took to Piotrkowska Historia Łodzi
The Hunger March in Lodz 1981 - how the textile workers took to Piotrkowska
How in July 1981 Łódź textile workers marched from the cathedral down Piotrkowska in a Hunger March against empty shops and food rationing.
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The Radogoszcz massacre - the last night of the German occupation of Łódź Historia Łodzi
The Radogoszcz massacre - the last night of the German occupation of Łódź
How on the night of 17-18 January 1945, hours before the Germans retreated, about 1500 people died at the Radogoszcz prison.
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The largest suburban tram network in Poland - how Łódź connected to the region Historia Łodzi
The largest suburban tram network in Poland - how Łódź connected to the region
How Poland's largest suburban tram network, linking Łódź with Pabianice and Zgierz since 1901, grew and later shrank.
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The Gypsy Camp in the Łódź Ghetto - a forgotten tragedy of the Roma from Burgenland Historia Łodzi
The Gypsy Camp in the Łódź Ghetto - a forgotten tragedy of the Roma from Burgenland
The story of the camp for Roma and Sinti from Burgenland, set up in 1941 inside a fenced-off part of the Łódź ghetto.
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The camp for children on Przemyslowa street - the youngest prisoners of occupied Lodz Historia Łodzi
The camp for children on Przemyslowa street - the youngest prisoners of occupied Lodz
The story of the German camp for Polish children on Przemysłowa Street in Łódź, which held around five thousand young prisoners.
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The First Presidential Harvest Festival in Spała - How the Tradition Began Historia Łodzi
The First Presidential Harvest Festival in Spała - How the Tradition Began
How the first nationwide harvest festival attended by a Polish president was held in Spała in 1927 under Ignacy Mościcki.
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The Swedish Deluge in the Lodz region - how Charles Gustav's troops passed through Piotrkow, Sieradz and Leczyca Historia Łodzi
The Swedish Deluge in the Lodz region - how Charles Gustav's troops passed through Piotrkow, Sieradz and Leczyca
How Charles X Gustav's Swedish army marched through Piotrków, Sieradz and Łęczyca during the Deluge, burning castles and looting archives.
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The Łódź insurrection of 1905 - a night of barricades on the city's streets Historia Łodzi
The Łódź insurrection of 1905 - a night of barricades on the city's streets
How working-class Łódź built barricades on Piotrkowska Street in June 1905 and how many died fighting tsarist troops.
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Start wystawy Wyznania wielokulturowej Łodzi. Katolicyzm, judaizm, protestantyzm, prawosławie | Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna
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Wystawy
Start wystawy Wyznania wielokulturowej Łodzi. Katolicyzm, judaizm, protestantyzm, prawosławie | Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna
Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Łodzi
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Today 09:00
Teatr
Burburr. Przytul swój strach
Teatr Pinokio w Łodzi - Scena Mała
from 49 PLN
Lalka
Today 15:30
Kino
Lalka
Kutnowski Dom Kultury, Kutno
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Akademia Kina Polskiego (III semestr) w Kinie NCKF EC1
Today 18:00
Kino
Akademia Kina Polskiego (III semestr) w Kinie NCKF EC1
EC1 - Łódź Miasto Kultury