Nowy Sacz (Neu-Sandez), Poland

General

Nowy Sacz (Neu-Sandez in German) is a town in southern Poland in the Cracow district. The Jewish population in the city dated from the end of the 15th century. By 1910, the Jewish population was about 8,000 out of a total of 25,000. The Germans occupied the town on September 6, 1939, and immediately instituted forced labor and confiscation of Jewish property and businesses. A Judenrat was established in the same month. Refugees increased the population, so that when two ghettos were created in July, 1941, there were about 12,000 Jews. In August, 1942, the remaining Jews in the ghetto were deported to the Belzec death camp in three transports.

Cover

Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a registered cover sent by the Judenrat in Neu-Sandez to the Center for Distribution of Coal in Krakau, postmarked August 28, 1940. On the front of the cover is a 2-line violet Judenrat/Neu-Sandez cachet. The rear of the cover contains a Krakau receiving cancel dated August 30, 1940. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Cover" in the left frame to return.

References

Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 911-12

Museum of Tolerance On Line Learning Center

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/nowy_sacz/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowy_Sącz

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