Jaslo was a town in the Cracow district of Poland. The Germans occupied the town on September 8, 1939, with a Judenrat being formed by the end of the year. A ghetto was formed at the end of 1941. The ghetto was liquidated during August, 1942. The entire town was destroyed by the Germans when they departed in the wake of the Soviet advance at the end of 1944.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard from Jaslo to Litzmanstadt postmarked January 23, 1941, enquiring about a deported mother. Someone has written across the face "ZMARLA" (meaning dead). Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcard" 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. 566-67
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