Mausoleum of Israel and Eleanor Poznansky
Lodz,
Poland
Poland
Bracka 40, 91-717, Lodz, Poland
Izrael Kalman Poznański was a prominent Polish-Jewish businessman and textile magnate in Łódź, Poland during the late 19th century. He was known as one of the "Kings of Cotton" in Łódź, alongside Ludwik Geyer and Karol Scheibler.
Izrael Kalman Poznański
Poznański was also a philanthropist, and donated the first 10.5 hectares of land for the establishment of the New Jewish Cemetery in Łódź, which was the largest Jewish necropolis in Europe at the time. He and his wife Eleonora Hertz Poznańska were buried in a grand mausoleum on the cemetery, which has been described as "probably the largest Jewish grave monument in the world."
After his death, Poznański's complex of mills in Łódź were turned into the Manufaktura mixed-use development, which includes a mall, multiple museums, a hotel, restaurants and a multiplex cinema. The mausoleum and mosaic covering the inside of the dome were restored in 1993.