Przedborz is a town in the Lodz district of Poland. The town was famous for its wooden synagogue. In 1897, the Jewish population was in excess nof 4,000 (69% of the total) and about 4,500 at the start of the war. The synagogue and Jewish quarter was destroyed in the opening days of the war. A Judenrat was established, and in 1940, the remaining Jews (about 2,800) were confined to a ghetto. By 1942, refugees had increased the Jewish population to about 4,300. On October 9, 1942, the Jews were expelled to Radomsko and from there to the Treblinka death camp.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard sent by the Judenrat in Przedborz to the Judenrat in the Litzmannstadt ghetto, postmarked November 3, 1941. There is a typewritten message in Polish and a reply from the Litzmannstadt Judenrat in green. There is a violet 2-line "Altestenrat in Przedborz/Rada Starszych w Przedborzu" cachet (German and Polish) on the front and a violet circular cachet 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.
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Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 1032
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