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Synagogue of Wlodawa

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 3670 (66% of the population), then 4200 (67%) in 1921, and 5650 (75%) in 1939. The Germans created a ghetto to which they deported 800 Jews from Kraków ... Read more