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