Poznan is a city in west-central Poland, which was part of Prussia from 1815-1919. It was one of the most ancient and leading Jewish communities of Poland-Lithuania. The Jewish population reached its peak in the 1860's at about 6,000. At the outbreak of World War II, there were about 1,500 Jews in the town. Many of these Jews escaped, and within three months of the German occupation, all the remaining Jews were deported. The postcard below (mailed in 1914) depicts the New Synagogue of Poznan which was constructed in 1907. During the Nazi occupation, the synagogue was turned into a stable.
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