Name: Renovation and reconstruction of the Radogoszcz Branch of the Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź

Client: Museum of Independence traditions

Location: Łódź, ul. Zgierska 147

Design Team: Karolina Taczalska, Maciej Taczalski, Mateusz Cyganek, Katarzyna Komoń, Wojciech Stępień, Maria Michnowska

The subject of the contract was the renovation and reconstruction of the facilities of the Radogoszcz Martyrdom Department, which were created as part of the project "Building a modern museum using innovative solutions. The Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź as a creative institution”.

Samuel Abbe's factory complex was built in the 1930s outside the city limits of that time. It consisted of, among others of brick buildings housing the spinning mill, boiler rooms and administration facilities. The whole premise is fenced with a moderately high brick wall. From October 1930 to June 1940, the textile plant housed a resettlement camp for civilians later a transit camp managed by the Gestapo, and finally - from July 1, 1940 - "Extended police prison and labour camp" under the command of W. Pelzhausen.

The post-industrial area was transformed into a mausoleum on September 9, 1961. The landscaping scheme and repurposing the buildings to serve a museal function began in 1959. On January 19, 1976, permanent exhibitions, dedicated to the prison in Radogoszcz, were opened in the building of the shed hall and in the staircase of the spinning mill.