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Litzmannstadt
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German
Etymology
de Prussian general and later Nazi Party member Karl Litzmann =. The name was chosen because Litzmann, in November 1914 during World War I, had conducted an important counteroffensive against the Russian army near Brzeziny, a few kilometers to the east of Lodz. His name’s phonetic similarity to that of the city might also have played a role.
Pronunciation
de /ˈlɪt͡smanˌʃtat/
de Litz mann stadt
Proper noun
toponym
de Nazism Official name of German-occupied en Lodz from 1940 to 1945.