Lagow, Poland

General

Lagow was a town in the Kielce district of Poland. When the Germans occupied the town in September, 1939, many of the young Jews fled to Soviet-occupied terrritory. Forced labor for Jews was instituted and a Judenrat established. In March, 1942, the Jewish quarter was sealed off as a ghetto. On October 27, 1942, after the killing of the sick and elderly, about 2,000 Jews were sent to Kielce and from there to the Treblinka death camp.

Postcard

Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard sent by the Jewish Self Help Committee in Lagow to the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto, postmarked October 29, 1941. The message, handwritten in German, requests information about somebody at a particular address. There are red 2-line Judische Soziale Selbsthilfe / Delegatur Lagow cachets on the front and back. There is a handwritten reply in blue. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcard" in the left frame to return.

References

Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 700

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