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* [http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/piaseczno/ Jewish Community in Piaseczno] on Virtual Shtetl |
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Revision as of 13:43, 24 March 2012
Piaseczno | |
|---|---|
 Old Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Piaseczno County |
| Gmina | Gmina Piaseczno |
| Established | 14th century |
| Town rights | 1429 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zdzisław Lis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.33 km2 (6.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 37,508 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 05-500 |
| Area code | +48 022 |
| Car plates | WPI |
| Website | http://www.piaseczno.eu/ |
Piaseczno [pʲaˈsɛt͡ʂnɔ] is a town in central Poland with 32,610 inhabitants (2005). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship, approximately 16 kilometers south of Warsaw. It is a popular residential area and a suburb of Warsaw and is strongly linked to the capital, both economically and culturally. It is the capital of Piaseczno County.
World War II
In 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of Poland, German authorities established a Jewish ghetto in Piaseczno,[1] in order to confine its Jewish population for the purpose of persecution and exploitation.[2] The ghetto was liquidated in January 1941, when all its 2,500 inhabitants were transported in cattle trucks to Warsaw Ghetto, the largest ghetto in all of Nazi occupied Europe with over 400,000 Jews crammed into an area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2). From there, most victims were sent to Treblinka extermination camp.[3][4][5][6]
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Piaseczno is twinned with:
Notes and references
- ^ The statistical data compiled on the basis of "Glossary of 2,077 Jewish towns in Poland" by Virtual Shtetl Museum of the History of the Polish Jews Template:En icon, as well as "Getta Żydowskie," by Gedeon, Template:Pl icon and "Ghetto List" by Michael Peters at www.deathcamps.org/occupation/ghettolist.htm Template:En icon. Accessed July 12, 2011.
- ^ "The War Against The Jews." The Holocaust Chronicle, 2009. Chicago, Il. Accessed June 21, 2011.
- ^ Warsaw Ghetto, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Washington, D.C.
- ^ Richard C. Lukas, Out of the Inferno: Poles Remember the Holocaust, University Press of Kentucky 1989 - 201 pages. Page 13; also in Richard C. Lukas, The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944, University Press of Kentucky, 1986, Google Print, p.13.
- ^ Gunnar S. Paulsson, "The Rescue of Jews by Non-Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland," Journal of Holocaust Education, Vol.7, Nos.1&2, 1998, pp.19-44. Published by Frank Cass, London.
- ^ Edward Victor, "Ghettos and Other Jewish Communities." Judaica Philatelic. Accessed June 20, 2011.
External links
Media related to Piaseczno at Wikimedia Commons
- County Piaseczno website
- Piaseczno - Local information Police, Hotel, Restaurant
- iTV Piaseczno Local Internet Television
- Local News Service
- Jewish Community in Piaseczno on Virtual Shtetl
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