Lukow was a town in the Lublin district of Poland. Jewish presence in the town dated from the mid-13th century. In 1921, the Jewish population was over 6,000. The Germans entered the city on September 19, 1939. As a result of the influx of refugees, the Jewish population reached 7,500 by July, 1940, all confined to a ghetto. By October, 1942, the Jewish population grew to 12,000 with the arrival of Slovakian refugeees. On October 3, 1942, the first Aktion took place with the deportation of 5,000 Jews to Treblinka and the murder of another 2,000 outside the town. By May, 1943, the ghetto was liquidated, and the remaining Jews were deported to Treblinka.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard sent by a person named Rosental in Lukow to the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto postmarked August 18, 1941. The card contains a hand written message from the sender and a typed message added by the Judenrat in Lukow requesting information about Scholma-Gawriel Rosental. The card bears a "Der Judenrat in Lukow" cachet on the front. There is a short reply from Lodz 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. 765-66
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