Krasnystaw was a town in the Lublin province of east Poland. A Judenrat was established in early 1940. The ghetto was created in August, 1940, and liquidated in October, 1942. Over 2,000 Jews from the area and (after May, 1942) Jews from Czechoslovakia and Germany passed through the ghetto. The ghetto inhabitants constructed buildings and roads and performed all general labor. During April, 1942, some of the ghetto inhabitants were deported to the Belzec annihilation center. During the final liquidation, the rest were sent to the ghetto in Izbica.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard dated April15, 1942, from "Anna Lowy, Izbica Krasnystaw Judenrat". The card is to a relative in Prague. The card indicates that "Have just received your parcel...can use anything here...send more clothes, rusks & sugar...Mom & Dad are with me, rest of the family are in Theresienstadt, they are well". The card contains an Izbica-Krasnystaw Distr. Lublin cancel. 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. 674-75
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