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: MIECHÓW Name: Michow, Mekhev, Myekhov State before 1939: Poland State in 1945: Poland Województwo w 1939: kieleckie Województwo w 2007: kieleckie Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 38 km N of Krakow Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: Ban on settlement to 1862 Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: Community established in the 1880s. Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
Rok spisu: 1921 Liczba: 2383 Procent: 41.8 Holocaust: Getto: April 1941-Nov. 1942 with c.4,000 imprisoned, some from Wlbrom, Koszyce, Czechy, Austria; some deported to the Slomniki Zaglada: 1,000 people executed on Nov.18,1942 at the Chodow woods; the rest in Belzec in Zachowane obiekty:Synagogi:
Adres: 8, Mickiewicza Str. Czas powstania: early 20th c. Sposób uzytkowania: restaurantCmentarze:
Adres: Powstancow 1863 str. Czas powstania: late 19th c. Ilosc nagrobków: none left Uwagi: tombstones used in road construction Pomniki pamieci: at the cemetery to the memory of 32 Jews spared to clean the ghetto and then executed on Jan.15,1943
Data aktualizacji: 2001-01-08
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