1997 Death Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany 1969 Birthday Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star, 1994 Futures France 1944 Event Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins 1942 Event SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period 1941 Event 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk and Riga 1940 Event Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland 1939 Event Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David 1937 Birthday Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' 1914 Event Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow 1914 Event German troops over run Lodz 1905 Event Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation 1903 Birthday George E. Stone, Lodz Poland, actor, Viva Villa, Last Mile 1897 Birthday Alexandre Tansman, Lodz Poland, composer, Dyptique 1886 Birthday Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist
