Otwock - Wikipedia
WebOtwock: Gmina: Otwock (urban gmina) Established: 1877: City rights: 9 November 1916: Government
Otwock - Holocaust Historical Society
WebIn October 1939, a Judenrat headed by Y. Lasman was established in Otwock, its main role was to remit ransom payments to the Germans and provide teams for forced labour. The Jews of Otwock were shipped to labour camps in the Lublin area, and many labourers were sent to Tyszowce.
Otwock - Jewish Virtual Library
WebOTWOCK, town and health resort near Warsaw, Poland. It became popular among middle-class Jews from central Poland as a fashionable resort. A ḥasidic dynasty derives its name from this town. There were 2,356 Jews living in Otwock in 1908 (20.9% of the total population), and 5,408 in 1921.
Otwock & the Zofiowka Sanatorium
WebOtwock is located 27 kilometres East South East from Warsaw and a Jewish community was established in 1880 when a rabbi from Warka, Kalisz called Simcha Bunem established a study house on land rented from two Jews – Blass and Reindorf.
History | Virtual Shtetl
WebOn 4th November 1940 the Germans established the Otwock ghetto, to which they confined nearly 12 thousand Jews. It comprised three districts: "town", "middle" and "health resort" (the area of "Briyut” sanitarium, "Zofiówka” …
Otwock | Encyclopedia.com
WebOTWOCK. OTWOCK, town and health resort near Warsaw, Poland. It became popular among middle-class Jews from central Poland as a fashionable resort. A ḥasidic dynasty derives its name from this town. There were 2,356 Jews living in Otwock in 1908 (20.9% of the total population), and 5,408 in 1921.
Otwock - description, location, history - Map of Poland
WebOtwock is a town located in Mazowieckie Voivodeship (Province), in the Middle Vistula Valley. It is a health resort which became famous thanks to the building of the Vistula Railway (Kolej Nadwiślańska) at the end of the 19th century. At that time, the first settlements were established around the railway station.
Teacher’s Guide on the Otwock Children’s Home - Yad Vashem.
WebOne such children’s home was set up in Otwock. Originally set up in January 1945 by Holocaust survivor Franciszka Oliwa, the home was shortly thereafter aided financially and formalized, and by June 1945 housed 130 child survivors.
Otwock - mazovia.travel
WebThe Otwock Ghetto established in 1940 was liquidated two years later. The cemetery is one the few reminders of the Jewish community. It is worth noting that many of the inscriptions on tombstones were inscribed in Polish. Muzeum Ziemi Otwockiej (Museum of Otwock Land) ul. Narutowicza 2, phone: (22) 788-15-45 www.muzeum.ock.com.pl
The Map of Otwock Ghetto | Artefact | Montreal Holocaust Museum
Web1. This map of Otwock ghetto was created in 1947 by the Jewish Historic Council of Bamberg, Germany, to document the Holocaust. (Photo: Peter Berra) A map of the nearby Karczew forced labour camp is also attached to the document. The Otwock Ghetto and Zofiowka Sanatorium.
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