Konskowola is a town in the Lublin district in Poland. The Jews settled in the town in the early 17th century. Prior to the start of the war, there were about 1,100 Jews in the town. The Germans established a ghetto in late 1940. On May 8, 1942, about 1,600 of the 2,000 Jews then living in the town (including refugees) were deported to the Sobibor death camp. Soon thereafter, over 3,000 Jews from Czechoslovakia were deported to Konskowola. Additional deportations increased the Jewish population to about 5,000. In October, 1942, about 1,100 women, children and other "unproductive" Jews were executed outside of town. By the end of May, 1943, all the remaining Jews had been deported to Sobibor primarily.
Below is the thumbnail of the front of a an envelope piece addressed to the Zydowska Samopomoc Spotaczna (Jewish Self Help Committee), postmarked May 22, 1942. This piece bears a Konskowola box cancel. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Cover" in the left frame to return.
Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 654
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