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: CHEŁM Name: Chelm, Chelem, Khelem, Khelm, Kholm State before 1939: Poland State in 1945: Poland Województwo w 1939: lubelskie Województwo w 2007: chełmskie Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 69 km E of Lublin Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: 15th c. Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Community from 16th c.; in 1616 - 30 % of population; 1648-49 400 Jews killed by the Chmielnicki Cos Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
Rok spisu: 1921 Liczba: 12064 Procent: 52.0 Holocaust: Getto: Oct. 1940 - Nov.15, 1942 with c.11,000 Jews, Including some from Slovakia; executions at the cemetery. Zaglada: Sobibor, May (4,000), July (300), Nov. 1942 (3,300 people). Zachowane obiekty:Synagogi:
Adres: 8, Kopernika Str. Czas powstania: 1914 Small Synagogue Sposób uzytkowania: bankCmentarze:
Adres: Kolejowa Str. Czas powstania: 16th c. Ilosc nagrobków: 50 Pomniki pamieci: at the cemetery
Data aktualizacji: 2001-01-07
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