Kuźnia Romów
Small memorial site in a former forge on the grounds of the Łódź Gypsy camp, with an exhibition on the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti; visits by appointment.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The Roma Forge (Kuźnia Romów) is one of the surviving buildings of the former Gypsy camp, set up in late autumn 1941 on a separate part of the Łódź ghetto. In November 1941 around 5,000 Roma and Sinti deported from Burgenland were brought to the camp. The prisoners, most of them children, suffered from hunger, overcrowding and terrible sanitary conditions, and a typhus epidemic broke out in the camp. In January 1942 the surviving prisoners were taken to the German Nazi extermination camp at Chełmno nad Nerem (Kulmhof) and murdered there.
The former forge building, probably the site where prisoners were executed, was adapted for exhibition purposes in 2009 and has for more than a decade served as a place of remembrance. It is a branch of the Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź (Muzeum Tradycji Niepodległościowych).
On the 80th anniversary of the first deportation, the museum prepared a new permanent exhibition here devoted to the Holocaust of the Roma and the history of the camp. It was created in cooperation with archives, museums and Roma organisations from Poland and Austria.
Key themes
- permanent exhibition on the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti and on the history of the Łódź Gypsy camp
- the preserved forge building on the site of the former camp
- place of remembrance within the Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź
Permanent exhibition
- Kuźnia Romów – Permanent exhibition in the former forge on the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti and the history of the Łódź Gypsy camp.
- Operated by
- Muzeum Tradycji Niepodległościowych w Łodzi
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 12 zł |
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| Groups (10+ people) | 120 zł per personGroup ticket for groups of 10–25 people: PLN 120 per group. |
| Ticket valid for all branches of the Museum of Independence Traditions (valid 7 days) | 20 zł |
| Curator-led tour in Polish (group of up to 25 people) | 150 złIn English PLN 250. |
Free admission: Admission is free every Wednesday.
The price list has been in force since 19 September 2025 and covers Radegast Station and the Roma Forge together.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | The building is small and can only be visited by arrangement with the museum. |
