promised them work in the West. Of the 245,000 inhabitants, 877 Jews remained when the Łódź ghetto was liberated by Soviet forces on January 19, 1945. In the days just before the liberation of Łódź, Biebow ordered large burial pits to be dug in the local cemetery, intending for the Gestapo execute the 877 Jews, who served as a clean-up crew in the ghetto. This might have been an attempt by Biebow to eliminate witnesses to his role in the atrocities. Biebow was able to escape into hiding in Germany in 1945 after the unconditional surrender, but was recognized by a survivor of the ghetto and subsequently arrested in Bremen. After he was extradited by the Allies to Łódź, he stood trial from April 23 to April 30, 1947. He was found guilty on all counts and executed by hanging on June 23, 1947. References External links holocaustresearchproject.org Wolf Oschlies, German „Ghetto Litzmannstadt“ in Polish Łódz, on shoa.de The Lódz Ghetto: History & Overview Ghetto Lodz/Litzmannstadt The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross: A Collection of Holocaust Photographs 1902 births 1947 deaths Holocaust perpetrators in Poland Nazis convicted of war crimes Łódź Ghetto Executed people from Bremen (state) People extradited from Germany People extradited to Poland Nazis executed by Poland by hanging Businesspeople from Bremen People executed for crimes against humanity