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: AUGUSTÓW

Name: Agustov, Oygstov, Yagestov

State before 1939: Poland

State in 1945: Poland

Województwo w 1939: białostockie

Województwo w 2007: suwalskie

Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 31 km S of Suwalki

Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: 1578, soon after town founding

Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Founded in 1674 or (other sources) in late 18th c. ; in 1823-63 restrictions on settlement

Liczba Zydów przed 1939:

Rok spisu: 1921

Liczba: 2261

Procent: 25.8

Holocaust:

Getto: Aug. 1941 - Nov.2, 1942; with c. 3500 people imprisoned.

Zaglada: c.1000 people were executed in the Szczebre woods; the remaining perished in Tre

Zachowane obiekty:
Synagogi:

Czas powstania: 1840

Sposób uzytkowania: destroyed during WW2
Cmentarze:

Adres: Zarzecze Str.

Czas powstania: 1820

Ilosc nagrobków: none left

Uwagi: Jewish plot at multireligious cemetery

Pomniki pamieci:
At the cemetery

Data aktualizacji: 2000-11-21