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Polish Youth Custody Camp of the Security Police Litzmannstadt

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  • 1 A Polish child imprisoned in the German Nazi camp on Przemysłowa Street in German-occupied Łódź during WW2.jpg

    Photo by unknown-anonymous via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • 2 A Polish child imprisoned in the German Nazi camp on Przemysłowa Street in German-occupied Łódź during WW2.jpg

    Photo by unknown-anonymous via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • 3 A Polish child imprisoned in the German Nazi camp on Przemysłowa Street in German-occupied Łódź during WW2.jpg

    Photo by unknown-anonymous via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • 4 A Polish child imprisoned in the German Nazi camp on Przemysłowa Street in German-occupied Łódź during WW2.jpg

    Photo by unknown-anonymous via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • A 14-year-old Polish boy a prisoner of the German Nazi camp for Polish children on Przemysłowa Street in German-occupied Łódź WW2.jpg

    Photo by unknown-anonymous via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • A 14-year-old Polish girl died in the German Nazi camp for Polish children on Przemysłowa Street in German-occupied Łódź WW2.jpg

    Photo by unknown-anonymous via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Schilf-002-29, Polen, Ghetto Litzmannstadt, Bewohner.jpg

    Photo by Schilf via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Schilf-002-30, Polen, Ghetto Litzmannstadt, Bewohner.jpg

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Background

Kinder-KZ Litzmannstadt (German: Polen-Jugendverwahrlager der Sicherheitspolizei in Litzmannstadt, Polish: Prewencyjny Obóz Policji Bezpieczeństwa dla Młodzieży Polskiej w Łodzi, "Child Concentration Camp Łodź") was a Nazi German concentration camp for Polish Christian children in occupied Łodź during World War II, established in December 1942 adjacent to the Litzmannstadt Ghetto where Polish Jews were imprisoned before the Holocaust.

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World Prisons. (2026). Polish Youth Custody Camp of the Security Police Litzmannstadt. Retrieved October 30, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/polish-youth-custody-camp-of-the-security-police-litzmannstadt
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@misc{worldprisons-polish-youth-custody-camp-o,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Polish Youth Custody Camp of the Security Police Litzmannstadt},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/polish-youth-custody-camp-of-the-security-police-litzmannstadt},
  urldate = {2026-10-30}
}