Hrubieszow is a town in the Lublin district in Poland. In 1931, the Jewish population was about 7,000. On December 2, 1939, the Germans led 1,000 Jews from Hrubjeszow and 1,100 Jews from Chelm on a four day death march to the Bug River (the border with Soviet occupied territory), which killed about 1,500. In early 1940, about 6,000 Jews were confined to a ghetto, and a Judenrat was created to supply forced labor. In June, 1942, deportations began to the Sobibor death camp. By the end of October, 1942, the ghetto was liquidated and the remaining Jews sent to Sobibor.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard dated June 19, 1941, sent by the Judenrat in Hrubieszow to the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto. The front of the card has a typed Judenrat deisgnation, and the back of the card bears a violet Judenrat cachet on the back. The message in German inquires about Masza Ickowicz. There is a handwritten reply from the Lodz ghetto in green. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcard" in the left frame to return.
Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 532
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