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: PRZEMYŚL Name: Przemysl, Premishla, Peremyshl, Premisle State before 1939: Poland State in 1945: Poland Województwo w 1939: lwowskie Województwo w 2007: przemyskie Odleglosc od duzego miasta: 346 km SE of Warsaw Pierwsze wzmianki o Zydach: 1367 Informacje o gminie zydowskiej: As early as 14th c.; in 1542 with 18 Jewish families; in 1765 with 2,418 Jews. Liczba Zydów przed 1939:
Rok spisu: 1921 Liczba: 18360 Procent: 38.3 Holocaust: Getto: July 15, 1942-Sept. 1943 with c.22,000 imprisoned; executions. Zaglada: Belzec, July-Nov. 1942; Auschwitz, Sept. 1943 Zachowane obiekty:Synagogi:
Adres: 15, Slowackiego Str. Czas powstania: Szajnbach 1886-90 Sposób uzytkowania: libraryCmentarze:
Adres: Slowackiego Str. Czas powstania: 19th c. Ilosc nagrobków: 500 Pomniki pamieci: 1. at the cemetery execution site (2,000 people); 2. at 14, Kopernika Str.: execution site
Data aktualizacji: 2001-01-08
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