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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: OTWOCK
 Name: Oshvotsk, Ushvotsk, Otvosk
 State before 1939: Poland
 State in 1945: Poland
 Województwo w 1939: warszawskie
 Województwo w 2007: warszawskie
 Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 26 km S of Warsaw
 Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: late 19th c.
 Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Under the Karczew kahal; independent community from 1916.
 Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
 Rok spisu: 1921
 Liczba: 5408
 Procent: 63.2
 Holocaust:
 Getto: Nov.4,1940 - Aug.19,1942 with c.12,000 imprisoned; 2,000 people starved to death; 2,000 people were executed.
 Zaglada: Treblinka, Aug. 1942 (7,000 people)
 Zachowane obiekty:
Synagogi:
 Adres: 6, Gorna Str.
 Czas powstania: 1910
 Sposób uzytkowania: deserted
Cmentarze:
 Adres: Anielin
 Czas powstania: c.1900
 Ilosc nagrobków: 300
 Pomniki pamieci:
at the site of the execution of Aug.19, 1943 (Reymonta Str.)
 Telefon informacyjny w miejscowosci: Registrar's Office [022]7794684
 Data aktualizacji: 2001-03-23
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