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Zduńska Wola - how the Złotnicki family built the Town of Weavers

Historia Łodzi

Zduńska Wola - how the Złotnicki family built the Town of Weavers

How the Złotnicki family brought weavers from across Europe to Zduńska Wola and turned it into the Town of Weavers.

Ubiquitous traces of the Polish People's Republic in 21st-century Łódź

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Ubiquitous traces of the Polish People's Republic in 21st-century Łódź

Which traces of communist-era Poland - housing blocks, decaying tenements, wide arteries - still shape the look of today's Łódź.

Agricultural Łódź – what led to the creation of an industrial city

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Agricultural Łódź – what led to the creation of an industrial city

How a small farming settlement on the Łódka river turned into a major industrial city in the 19th century.

Battle of Łódź, or the beginnings of blitzkrieg in 1914

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Battle of Łódź, or the beginnings of blitzkrieg in 1914

The course of the bloody 1914 Battle of Łódź, seen as the origin of Germany's blitzkrieg tactics used in World War II.

Post-war Łódź, or how the city changed after liberation from German occupation

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Post-war Łódź, or how the city changed after liberation from German occupation

How Łódź changed after liberation from German occupation, and why it was briefly considered as Poland's new capital.

Juliusz Heinzel – an apprentice from Scheibler's mill who entered history

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Juliusz Heinzel – an apprentice from Scheibler's mill who entered history

The story of Juliusz Heinzel, who rose from an apprentice at Scheibler's mill to the country's biggest wool magnate.

Edward Herbst – the Scheiblers' Favorite Son-in-Law and a Man of Many Talents

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Edward Herbst – the Scheiblers' Favorite Son-in-Law and a Man of Many Talents

The story of Edward Herbst, Karol Scheibler's son-in-law, co-owner of his factory and patron of Łódź culture.

The artistic bohemia of interwar Łódź

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The artistic bohemia of interwar Łódź

How a literary scene, press and cultural life of three nationalities emerged in industrial, interwar Łódź.

Grohman Factory – heir and co-creator of the cotton empire

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Grohman Factory – heir and co-creator of the cotton empire

The story of the Grohman family and their Księży Młyn factory, one of the pillars of old Łódź's industrial might.

Ex navicula navis – The Birth of Industrial Łódź

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Ex navicula navis – The Birth of Industrial Łódź

How the small farming settlement of Łódź became a 19th-century industrial powerhouse known as the Polish Manchester.

Ludwik Geyer – the story of the collapse of a cotton fortune

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Ludwik Geyer – the story of the collapse of a cotton fortune

The story of Ludwik Geyer, builder of the White Factory, who amassed a cotton fortune before losing it all to debt.

"Business above all" – the life motto of Izrael Poznański

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"Business above all" – the life motto of Izrael Poznański

The story of Izrael Poznański, creator of Łódź's Manufaktura complex, who built his fortune at his workers' expense.

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Akademia Kina Polskiego (III semestr) w Kinie NCKF EC1

Akademia Kina Polskiego (III semestr) w Kinie NCKF EC1

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