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History Museum Attractions In Piotrkow Trybunalski

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Piotrków Trybunalski is a city in central Poland with 74,694 inhabitants . It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , and was previously the capital of the Piotrków Voivodeship . It is the capital of Piotrków County.
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History Museum Attractions In Piotrkow Trybunalski

  • 1. Piotrkow Trybunalski Museum Piotrkow Trybunalski
    The Piotrków Trybunalski Ghetto was created in Piotrków Trybunalski 38 days after the 1939 Nazi German Invasion of Poland in World War II. It was the first Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe, founded on October 8, 1939, on the general orders of Reinhard Heydrich. After a battle with the Polish Army resulting in heavy devastation, the town was occupied by the Wehrmacht on September 5, 1939. Piotrków was made into a county seat of the newly created Łódź District of the German territory of Reichsgau Wartheland. It was put under the command of Hans Drexler, an appointed Nazi Oberbürgermeister who also created the Ghetto. In total, some 16,500to up to 28,000 Jews went through the Piotrków Ghetto which was liquidated beginning 14 October 1942 in four days of deportations to Treblinka ...
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