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Jehuda Widawski (born 1919) comes from Turek. In the 1920s, his family
moved to Łódź, where they lived in 1 Maja Street and then Zachodnia Street.
Sixteen-year-old Jehuda founded his company producing underwear and clo-
thing, he was also an active member of the Zionist organization. In 1940, the
Widawski family were forced into the ghetto and living firstly in Zielna Street
and then Zgierska Street. All the time, they were employed in tailors’ workshops.
During the liquidation of the ghetto in August 1944, they were transported to
Auschwitz where the parents and the eldest brother of Jehuda were murdered.
One of his brothers, Chaim Mosze, was sent to Buchenwald, where he died,
while his younger sister Johewet lost her life in Stutthof.
Jehuda and his younger brother Jehoszua were deported from Auschwitz to
the camp in Friedland, where they were liberated. After the war, they returned
to Łódź. In 1950, Jehuda and his family emigrated to Israel. Since the late
1970s, he has regularly returned to Łódź and committed himself to the cause
of remembrance of Łódź Jews.

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