Morphological Transformations within the Area of the Former Łódź Ghetto

This article examines morphological transformations in the area that was the site of the Łódź Ghetto, an urban formation that included forced labour facilities distributed across the designated territory. The author traces the evolution of urban space in the area, applying the concepts of urban morphology and morphogenesis. The study covers the period from the formation of the morphological units to 2024, with the primary aim of establishing how settlement, socio-economic,and political transformations have affected the present-day layout of the ghetto area. To this end, a cartographic reconstruction and town-plan analysis were employed, based on archival sources, to identify different settlement periods. The paper also includes a stratigraphy of the settlement and a timeline of events that have affected the morphological transformations in question.