Kosow Lacki was a village in the voivodeship of Siedlce, north of Sokolow Podalski, and about six miles from the Treblinka death camp. The Germans occupied the town in late September, 1939, and soon thereafter established a Judenrat and ghetto. In the ghetto there were Jews from various locations, including Kalisz, Wyszkow, Mlawa and Ostrow Mazowiecka. During the liquidation of the ghetto in the fall of 1942, the inhabitants were deported to Treblinka.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of fourpostcards from a resident of the ghetto in Kosow Lacki to an A. Rudy in Paris. The first postcard is dated March 11, 1942 from Kosow Lacki to Paris. The card bears a three line cachet of the Judenrat in Kosow. The second postcard is dated April 16, 1942, from Kosow Lacki to Paris. The card contains the cachet of the Judenrat in Kosov, and is also backstamped with Paris arrival postmarks. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcards 1-2" in the left frame to return.
The fourth postcard is dated June 16, 1942, from Kosow Lacki to Paris. The card contains the cachet of the Judenrat in Kosov, and is also backstamped with Paris arrival postmarks. The last postcard is dated September 6, 1942, from Kosow Lacki to Paris. The ghetto was liquidated about a month later. It is rather likely that the writer was sent to Treblinka. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcards 3-4" 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. 663-64
Copyright © 2003 Edward Victor