Monuments in Łódź IB TOURIST CLASS

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Monuments in Łódź IB – TOURIST CLASS

Arthur Rubinstein’s Piano

Arthur Rubinstein’s Piano Born in Łódź in 1887 the dapper Jewish pianist Arthur Rubinstein stands out as one of the finest musicians of the 20 th century. Like professional spod Albert Einstein, the young Rubenstein did not start speaking until he was three years old, choosing instead to communicate via non-speech sounds such as grunts and squeaks – apparently one of the traits associated with genius. He made his debut in Berlin in 1900 and spent much of his life touring the world and dazzling audiences, settling in London during WWI and then going even further, to the USA, when WWII kicked off. Although he toured extensively the annihilation of much of his family in the Holocaust prompted him to promise to never again perform on German soil. He continued to play up until 1976 when failing eyesight forced him into retirement, though his ailing health did little to stop the silvery lothario from leaving his longstanding wife for the arms of a younger woman. He finally passed away in 1982 with his ashes scattered in Israel in a forest named in his honour. His fleeting presence in Łódź is honoured by a bronze statue of him that stands outside the house he was born in. When it was originally unveiled it doubled as a music box, though complaints from local residents soon led to the music being permanently muted.

Jaracz's Chair Unveiled on June 10, 2006 here’s yet another work from the hand of Marcel Szytenchelm. Melded from bronze this number depicts Stefan Jaracz (1883 -1945), a distinguished star of the Polish stage. For years he served Warsaw’s Ateneum Theatre as director, as well as being a bit of a name in theatres of Łódź. He survived wartime imprisonment in Auschwitz only to die months after liberation in 1945. This monument sees our man sat on a theatre chair, with three vacant spots next to him for the benefit of those who’ve just trekked it up Piotrkowska.

Julian Tuwim’s Bench Łódź-born Julian Tuwim (1894 - 1953) was a Jewish writer and poet who studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University and was the co-founder and leader of the Skamander group in 1919. A major figure in Polish literature, best remembered for his contribution to children's literature, Wojciech Gryniewicz’s comical statue dates from 1999. A favourite meeting spot, children like to sit on his lap and it’s considered good luck for lovers to rub his nose.

Julian Tuwim’s Bench

The Lamp Man

The Lamp Man Appearing in September 2007 Marcel Szytenchelm’s latest creation is the rather curious figure of a bloke climbing a ladder to fit a bulb onto a streetlight. Weighing more than a tonne the monument was unveiled to coincide with the 100 th anniversary of the first electric streetlight to appear in the city. Replacing the old gas fired streetlamps Łódź’s first electric light was once found on this very spot, right outside what was in those days regarded as the most exclusive shop in town – the American ‘Diamant Palace’.

Three Factory Owners

Three Factory Owners Łódź is generally believed to be the creation of three visionary industrialists, celebrated here in a bronze statue dating from 2002. The three men in question are the Jewish philanthropist and industrialist Israel Poznański (1833 -1900), Henryk Grohman (1862 -1939), industrialist and patron of the arts and Karol Schreiber, creator of the city’s extraordinary Księży Młyn.

Three Factory Owners Łódź is generally believed to be the creation of three visionary industrialists, celebrated here in a bronze statue dating from 2002. The three men in question are the Jewish philanthropist and industrialist Israel Poznański (18331900), Henryk Grohman (1862 -1939), industrialist and patron of the arts and Karol Schreiber, creator of the city’s extraordinary Księży Młyn.

Władysław Reymont’s Trunk Polish writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1924. Brought up in the town of Tuszyn, close to Łódź, his early life proved inauspicious, with his only formal certificate of education being a qualification as a journeyman tailor. Refusing to make use of such a skill he ran away from home to join a traveling theatre, though financial practicalities forced him to return to his family where he worked for a while as a gateman at the railway crossing near Koluszki. The job failed to grasp his imagination and he worked for a while as a medium alongside a German spiritualist, before once again joining a theatre group. The publication of his work Korespondencje in 1892 saw another career turn and he traveled to Warsaw to pursue a life of writing. Over the following years he became one of Poland’s most prolific and admired writers, and his book Chłopi beat the likes of Mann, Hardy and Gorky to claim the Nobel Prize. Like his book Ziemia Obiecana, Chłopi is a moral tale presented to a background of gritty, industrial-age Łódź. He died the following year in 1925.

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