Practical info

Type of location: Synagogue

Synagogue of Wlodawa

Czerwonego Krzyża 7, Włodawa

Historical description

Wlodawa

Jews began settling in Wlodawa in the seventeenth century. By the turn of the twentieth century, they numbered 3,670 (66% of the population), then 4,200 (67%) in 1921, and 5,650 (75%) in 1939. The Germans created a ghetto to which they deported 800 Jews from Kraków ... Read more

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