Częstochowa Ghetto

The ghetto Czestochowa was a decorated during the German occupation of Poland ghetto in the city of Częstochowa. Throughout the Second World War, approximately 45,000 Jewish citizens, almost the entire Jewish population of Czestochowa were murdered and destroyed the synagogue.

History

In 1939, almost 24,500 Jews lived in Częstochowa.

The Jewish ghetto was established on 9 April 1941. A total of approximately 48,000 Jews from the surrounding villages, as well as relocated from Łódź, Płock and in the Kraków ghetto.

In September 1942, the liquidation of the ghetto began, about 40,000 people were taken to Treblinka. In Częstochowa remained about 5,000 Jews in the so-called small ghetto.

The Small Ghetto was disbanded in March 1943 by the residents were sent to concentration camps. In the town of about 4,000 Jewish workers were left, who were in the armaments factory HASAG until the liberation by the Red Army worked on 16 January 1945.

Swell

• Czestochowa Jews in the Nazi Era. JewishGen. Retrieved on 5 May 2012.
• Jewish history of Częstochowa Virtual Shtetl
• Nothing is forgotten!. The leaflet. 10. May 2010. Retrieved on 5 May 2012.