Tombstones at the Jüd cemetery at ul. Bracka and Zmienna

Industrial and residential complex Izrael Kalmanowicz Poznański

Izrael Poznański (1833-1900) was a philanthropist, textile magnate and the most successful Jüd industrialist in Lodz.

Reicher Synagogue (prayer house)

Synagoga Reicherów (ul. Południowa 28; ob. ul. Rewolucji 1905 roku 28.)

The private synagogue of the Reicher family is the only synagogue in Łódź that survived the II. It is located in the second backyard of a tenement building at Rewolucji 1905 r. 28. Wolf Reicher übefitted the building to a friendly German business partner. By the Übereignung, hidden Gebäudelage as well as war turmoil could the prayer house the German Nazi occupation time as salt store üüberdauern.

About the foundation of the cemetery there is no information. However, it is assumed that burials took place here over a period of about 100 years. A burial register is not handed down.

The Jewish cemetery is not far from the train station, it is marked, there is an archway and a memorial stone.

The Yiddish inscription reads in transcription: "The old Yiddish Beit Olam (Hebrew "cemetery") / Holy is the memory of the deceased" Below it in Lithuanian: "Old Jewish Cemetery"

The Jew Pincas Isakowitz from nearby Jurbarkas (Lithuania) received the right for himself and his&nbsp. heirs to build a jug , storehouse, and other necessary brewery in 1708 on the basis of a patent from the Count of Dohna;heirs to build a jug , storehouse, a brewery and other necessary buildings and also to plant a garden .

In the 19th century a Jewish cemetery was opened outside the city, on the edge of the Judenberg. The cemetery, laid out on a rectangular ground plan, had an area of about 0.2 ha. In the former Jewish cemetery there is a fairly well preserved war cemetery for Soviet soldiers.

Today the cemetery is located in the northeastern part of the municipal cemetery, next to the municipal stadium. The old trees of the cemetery have been preserved. (Information from POLIN Virtual Shtetl)

The small brick synagogue was built in 1860 in what was then Wormditter Street. On the occasion of the opening, the "Ermländische Aussteuerverein" was founded by those present to support poor Jewish girls. After the turn of the century, the small community could no longer afford a rabbi. The cult officials changed frequently. In 1938 the synagogue was sold to the local Baptist congregation. Nevertheless, during the Reichspogromnacht there was devastation inside the building. During the fighting in the spring of 1945, the building was destroyed, and the remains were later leveled.

This place has some peculiarities for East Prussia and for the Jews*in East Prussia: There was a very high Jewish percentage of the total population here. It is the first place in East Prussia where a Jew, Pincas Isakowitz, received the right to build a house with an inn in 1708. The synagogue was built on the main street even before churches were built in the village.
Schmalleningken, in Lithuanian Smalininkai, was located on the very old southeastern border of East Prussia with Lithuania and from 1795 the Russian Empire.