Dzialoszyce is a town in the Kielce district of Poland. The Germans occupied the town on September 7, 1939, and soon thereafter created a Judenrat. A ghetto was established in March, 1940. By 1941, the Jewish population had grown to about 12,000. The liquidation of the ghetto started in September, 1942, when 15,000 Jews were sent to Michow and from there to the Belzec death camp.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard sent by the Judenrat in Dzialoszyce to the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto, postmarked November 19, 1941. The card bears a five line Judenrat cachet on the front and back. The typewritten message in German inquires about the Balderman family. There is a handwritten reply from the Lodz ghetto in green. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcard" in the left frame to return.
Below is a thumbnail of a notice from the Judenrat moving one person from an apartment in favor of another. The notice contains the seal of the Judenrat. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Document" in the left frame to return.
Encyclopedia Judaica, CD-Rom Edition, Keter Publishing
Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 350
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