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Otwock is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in east-central Poland, some 23 kilometres south-east of Warsaw, with 43,895 inhabitants. Otwock is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. It is situated on
Świdermajer-styled house in Otwock
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"The Commandant" Józef Piłsudski with his legionaries in Otwock in 1915
Layover yard in Otwock, 19 August 1942. In the distance, Jews sit on the ground overnight, while awaiting transport to Treblinka extermination camp. Clandestine photo
The citizens of Poland have the highest count of individuals who have been recognized by Yad Vashem as the Polish Righteous Among the Nations, for saving Jews from extermination during the Holocaust i
Otwock
…2008), the Polish humanitarian who saved thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust; as well as Krystyna Dańko, both awarded the titles of Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem. Writer Calel Perechodnik, a Jewish Ghetto Policeman from Otwock also hailed from this town. His memoir, Am I A Murderer? Testament Of A…
There are 7,232 Polish men and women recognized as Righteous by the State of Israel
NOTICE Concerning: the Sheltering of Escaping Jews. There is a need for a reminder, that in accordance with paragraph 3 of the decree of 15 October 1941, on the Limitation of Residence in the General Government (page 595 of the GG Register) Jews leaving the Jewish Quarter without permission will incur the death penalty. According to this decree, those knowingly helping these Jews by providing shelter, supplying food, or selling them foodstuffs are also subject to the death penalty.
Maria Kotarba Dyplom
"The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland", by the Polish government-in-exile addressed to the wartime allies of the then-United Nations, 1942