Rawa Mazowiecka was a town in the Lodz district of Poland. In 1897, the Jewish population was almost 2,800 (49% of the total population). The Germans occupied the town on September 8, 1939. At the time the ghetto was created in early 1941, the Jewish population was about 2,700. Refugees increased the the Jewish population to about 4,000 in 1942. On October 26, 1942, 4,000 refugees were transferred to Rawa Mazowiecka from Biala Rawaska and then deported with the remaining Jews in Rawa Mazowiecka to the Treblinka death camp.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard sent by Michal Moskowicz from Rawa Mazowiecka to the Judenrat in the Litzmannstadt ghetto, postmarked November 17, 1941. The card contains a handwritten message in German and a short response from Lodz handwritten in green 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. 1061
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