Przysucha was a town in the Lodz district of Poland. The town was a Hasidic center, and by 1897, the Jewish population was in excess of 2,000 (75% of the total population). At the start of the war, the Jewish population was about 2,500. The population was increased by refugees and displaced persons. A ghetto was established at the end of 1941 and the beginning of 1942. During the summer of 1942, all the members of the Judenrat were killed. Liquidation of the ghetto began at the end of October, 1942, and all the Jews were sent to the Treblinka death camp.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard sent by a Jewish person in Przysucha to the Judenrat in the Litzmannstadt ghetto postmarked September 29, 1942 (shortly before the liquidation of the ghetto). There is a handwritten message in German. The card also bears a violet 2-line Der Judenrat/ in Przysucha cachet. 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. 1036-37
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