Mogielnica is a town in

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, with 2,475 inhabitants (2004) and an area of 141.56 square kilometres (54.7 sq mi). It is the seat of Gmina Mogielnica (urban-rural '' gmina'' administrative unit). In other languages, it is referred to as Mogelnitsa, Mogelnitse, Mogelnitza and/or Mogielnicy.

Modern history

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, the Tsarist regime, in reprisal for its own catastrophic failures in battle with Germany, expelled the Jews of Mogielnica. The Jewish paper, ''Haynt'', published in Congress Poland, stated in its May 23, 1915 issue (under Russian military censorship): "The entire Jewish population was deported from Mogielnica, roughly 5,000 people. They were given a short period of time in which to liquidate their businesses." Some of the Jews returned to Mogielnica once Poland re-emerged as a sovereign state.

World War II

In 1940, during the Nazi

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, German authorities established a

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in Mogielnica to confine, persecute and exploit its

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."Cmentarz żydowski w Mogielnicy (Jewish cemetery in Mogielnica)," at ''Kirkuty.xip.pl''.
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, as well a
"Getta Żydowskie," by ''Gedeon''
and "Ghetto List" by Michael Peters at www.deathcamps.org/occupation/ghettolist.htm . Accessed July 12, 2011.
''The Holocaust Chronicle,'' 2009. Chicago, Il. Accessed June 21, 2011. The ghetto was demolished on February 28, 1942, when its 1,500 inhabitants were transported in cattle trucks to the

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, the largest in all of Nazi-occupied Europe, with over 400,000 Jews crowded into an area of . From there, most victims were sent to the

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.Warsaw Ghetto

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(USHMM),

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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. The Nazis demolished the 18th-century Jewish cemetery located on the left side of the road to

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, near Przylesie Street, and used its headstones for pavement. A monument now stands in its place.

Historical population of Mogielnica

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Notes and references

External links

Mogielnica official website.

Mogielnica Family Research Group

Jewish Community in Mogielnica
on Virtual Shtetl
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