Pajeczno (Pfeilstett in German) was a town in the Lodz district of Poland. At the start of the 20th Century, about 600 Jew lived in the town (28% of the total population). The Germans entered the town on September 4, 1939. A Judenrat was established soon thereafter. Over 2,000 refugees arrived mainly from Dzialoshyn and Brzeznice. Jews worked in nearby quarries and the German settlement near Konstantynow. A ghetto was created at the end of 1941. On August 19, 1942, about 1,800 Jews were herded into a church. On August 21, the Germans shot about 400 elderly men an women, and the next day the remaining Jews were deported to Chelmno.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a registered postcard sent by the Judische Gemeinde (Jewish Community) in Pajeczno to the Judische Gemeinde in the Lodz ghetto, postmarked February 4, 1941. The card bears a violet circular Judische Gemeinde Pfeilstett cachet on the front. 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. 962-63
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