The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 56

Mark and David take you around the "Manchester of Poland." It has had to change with the times - from cotton powerhouse to post-industrial entertainment center via World War II and communism. They discover how the city's Jewish community contributed to Lodz' significant growth.

This time:
We're here but have no idea how to pronounce the city's name!
What Lodz has to offer the visitor
Turning a huge cotton mill into a 21st-Century paradise Who was Izrael Poznanski?
The Arthur Rubinstein story
When is a power station not a power station?
Remembering Lodz's Jews in one of Europe's largest Jewish cemeteries
From 19th-Century fabric center to ultra-modern museum
Welcome to Hollywooj - one of the world's great movie meccas

Mark and David were guests of the Lodz Tourism Organization and the Polish Tourism Organisation.