Ranizow, Poland

General

Ranizow was a small town in the Lwow district of Poland. At the start of the war, the Jewish population was about 200. The Germans expelled the Jews to Sokolow and Glogow in July, 1941.

Cover

Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a cover sent by the Judische Kultus Gemeinde Ranizow to the Kreishauptmannschaft in Reichshof, postmarked June 5, 1941. The cover bears a lightly stamped violet Ranizow Judenrat box cancel and a red Judische Kultus Gemeinde Ranizow (German and Polish) cachet on the front and a red circular cachet on the back. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Cover" in the left frame to return.

References

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa/Ranizow/Ranizow1.html

Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 1058

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