Olkusz Ghetto

Rabbi Moshe Hagerman is attacked by German soldiers during "Bloody Monday", 31 July 1940

Olkusz Ghetto was a ghetto for the Jewish population that existed in Olkusz during the German occupation of Poland.

The ghetto was created in September 1941 and encompassed the north-eastern part of the city, as well as the nearby villages of Parczew, Sikorka and Słowiki. At the end of its existence, it had about 3.4 thousand residents. In June 1942, it was liquidated by the Germans, and most of its inhabitants were killed in gas chambers, most likely in the Auschwitz II Birkenau extermination camp.

See also

• Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz

References

• Namysło, Aleksandra; Dean, Martin (2012). "Olkusz". In Geoffrey P., Megargee; Dean, Martin (eds.). Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe. Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945. Vol. 2. Bloomington: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 157–160. ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0.
• Ireneusz Cieślik; Olgerd Dziechciarz; Krzysztof Kocjan (2007). Olkusz - zagłada i pamięć: dyskusja o ofiarach wojny i świadectwa ocalałych Żydów. Olkuskie Stowarzyszenie Kulturalne "Brama". ISBN 978-83-60592-19-9.
• Krzysztof Kocjan (2002). Zagłada olkuskich Żydów. O.S.K. "Brama". ISBN 978-83-913688-5-5.
• Cieślik, Ireneusz (2016). 10 lat Marszu Pamięci w rocznicę wymordowania Żydów z Olkusza = 10 years of Memorial March in anniversary of Holocaust of Jewish Community in Olkusz (PDF) (Wydanie I ed.). Olkusz. ISBN 978-83-64017-19-3. OCLC 1019434185.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)