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On the 1st of December 2021, 79 years have passed since the establishment of the concentration camp for Polish children in Łódź. Those who managed to survive it had to endure the psychological and physical anguish from the trauma they had experienced in the camp for many years after the war ended. To commemorate these events, the museum organised a solemn meeting with the participation of the survivors themselves, featuring a premiere of the historical fiction film, Nauczono nas płakać bez łez… (“We Learned to Cry Without Tears”), and a publication bearing the same title.

Like Mikołaj Pawlak – the Ombudsman for Children who was present during the ceremony – underlined, we need to pass on the whole truth about the cruelty of war to the next generations so that it never happens again.
 
Piotr Cieplucha - Deputy Governor of the Łódzkie Voivodeship, Rev. Zbigniew Tracz (PhD) - Chancellor of the Łódź Metropolitan Curia, and Małgorzata Cebulska - Head of the Constituency Office of Piotr Gliński, Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, all participated in the meeting.
 
The meeting included a premiere of the historical fiction film, Nauczono nas płakać bez łez... (“We Learned to Cry Without Tears...”), that was created based on memories of the few living camp survivors. It takes the audience to the moment the children were arrested and transported to the camp on Przemysłowa Street. It is supplemented by fragments of stories told by former prisoners, testifying to the tremendous suffering of children, and it was directed by Michał Floriańczyk.
 
The ceremony was led by Rafał Patyra and the Ballada o Przemysłowej (“The Ballad of Przemysłowa Street”) was performed by the Children’s Choir of the City of Łódź, under the direction of Professor Waldemar Sutryk (PhD).