Olpiny was a small town in the Cracow district of Poland. The Jewish population in 1921 was 185 out of a total population in excess of 2,600. The Germans occupied the town in September, 1939, and a Judenrat was created to supply forced labor. In July, 1942, about 40 Jewish men were sent to the Plaszow concentration camp, and in August, the remaining Jews (about 120) were killed in a nearby forest.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard sent by a man named Balderman in Olpiny to the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto, postmarked July 13, 1941. The handwritten message requests information about Leibnor and Isak Balderman. The card bears a red Olpiny Judenrat cachet on the front. There is a short reply in green on the back. 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. 935
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