 The mass extermination of Polish Jews and the use of Poles for forced labor during the German occupation, as well as the outflow of local Germans who moved west with the retreating German troops, led to a 45% reduction in the population.Northwest of the center of Stryków, are the remains of the Jewish cemetery, where the last burial took place in 1946.In the post-war period, Stryków has become a bedroom community for the Łódź metropolis - many residents working in Łódź or in Zgierz and the new industrial estates alongside the A-1 (not yet completed but will run north to south) and A-2 highways.