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: KIELCE Name: Kelts, Kilts, Kiltz, Keltz State before 1939: Poland State in 1945: Poland Województwo w 1939: province capital Województwo w 2007: province capital Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 187 km SW of Warsaw Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: early 19th c. Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Jews allowed to settle after 1865; in early 20th c. 9 prayer houses. Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
Rok spisu: 1931 Liczba: 18083 Procent: 31.2 Holocaust: Getto: April 1941-Aug.24,1942 with c.27,000 Imprisoned, some from Vienna and Warthegau; deportations; the remaining c Zaglada: Treblinka, Aug.1942 Zachowane obiekty:Synagogi:
Adres: 17, Warszawska Str. Czas powstania: 1902-1903 Sposób uzytkowania: State ArchivesCmentarze:
Adres: Pakosz Str. Czas powstania: 1868 Ilosc nagrobków: 330 Uwagi: embedded in a tombstone monument Pomniki pamieci: 1. at the cemetery; 2. at the pogrom of 1946 site, at 7/9, Planty Str.
Data aktualizacji: 2001-03-20
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