The easiest way to picture the significance of Poland for Jews before WW2 is to show a map speckled with hundreds of dots marking Jewish communities.
With all of them displayed at once our map would be illegible, yet all cities and, most of all, small towns once inhabited by Jews can be located. Beside their location, our database contains basic information on their history, number of Jews, Holocaust destruction, extant sites and memorials.
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Locality: KONIN State before 1939: Poland State in 1945: Poland Województwo w 1939: łódzkie Województwo w 2007: konińskie Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 205 km W of Warsaw Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: 1397 Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Estab. not later than 18th c.; in 1765 with 133 Jews. Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
Rok spisu: 1921 Liczba: 2902 Procent: 28.9 Holocaust: Getto: Dec. 1939 -spring 1941; some people deported to the Zagorow and Rzgow ghettos; the rest to the Generalgouvernement. Zaglada: Las Rudzica, Las Kazimierzowski Zachowane obiekty:Synagogi:
Adres: 2a, Mickiewicza Str. Czas powstania: solid, 1832 Sposób uzytkowania: public libraryCmentarze:
Adres: Nadrzeczna Str. Czas powstania: 1831 Ilosc nagrobków: none left Pomniki pamieci: 1. at the execution site in the Rudzica woods; 2. at the Catholic cemetery, Kolska Str., mass grave
Data aktualizacji: 2001-01-08
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