Nowy Targ (Neumarkt in German) was a town in the Cracow district of Poland. The Jewish population reached a peak of about 1,300 at the end of World War I. The Germans occupied the town in September, 1939, and immediately instituted forced labor and looting of Jewish property. A Judenrat was created at the end of 1940. In May 1941, a ghetto was created with, as a result of refugees, a population of about 4,000. At the end of August, 1941, the ghetto was liquidated and the surviving Jews deported to the Belzec death camp.
Below is a thumbnail of an official document regarding a complaint between a Jewish person, Juda Holzmann, and a Krakau debtor, Kazimiera Skalska, dated July 29, 1944. It is unclear how this person was able to survive the liquidation of the ghetto. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Official Documents" in the left frame to return.
Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 912-13
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