The Mural of the Children of Bałuty in Łódź, Poland
The underrated city contains an infamous art project that deserves more visitors.
Łódź, the third-largest city in Poland, seems far less attractive to tourists than other major cities such as Warsaw, Krakow, and Gdańsk. Nevertheless, if one likes history, he or she should not skip the city since Nazi Germany established the second-largest Jewish ghetto in occupied Poland (after Warsaw). On the other hand, the city is also well known to people who are into urban mural painting; it is full of masterpieces that serve as parts of the post-industrial transformation.
The mural of The children of Bałuty rightly is one of the things that lie at the intersection of the two selling points. The other day, I ran into a few photos of murals in Łód on the internet and found them stunning. So I began to search for relevant information. And one low-key work stood out from other flamboyant pieces and had me intrigued — The children of Bałuty.
There are actually several pieces of The children of Bałuty. They rest in the Bałuty district, where the Jewish ghetto used to stand. Based on actual historical…
