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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1625470, member: 39"]By the way, "Litzmannstadt" (the city name on the ghetto money) is not the German language version of the Polish name. Until April 1940, Łódź was simply Lodz or Lodsch in German; then the city was renamed after a German general and member of the nazi party. 27 January is a memorial day here in Germany too, and usually the Bundestag (federal parliament) invites a Holocaust survivor who will then talk to the MPs. Not necessarily a Jew; in 2011 for example the speaker was a Dutch Sinto. This year's guest speaker will be 90-year-old Inge Deutschkron - future tense because 27 Jan was a Sunday. And instead of doing it today, the parliament made a decision which I think is good: They picked 30 January, the day when, in 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chief of government. Talking about those ghetto notes here, in the "Most Attractive" notes topic, is a little strange. They were perfidious rather than attractive: With złotych, those in the ghetto would have been able to buy, at least to a limited extent, things from "outside" and maybe smuggle them in. With such ghetto money, however ... Christian[/QUOTE]