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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: 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
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