Przysucha, powiat Przysuski, województwo Mazowieckie, Polska

Latitude 51°21'30″N
Longitude 20°37'42″E
City Przysucha
County powiat Przysuski
State/ Province województwo Mazowieckie
Country Polska

Narrative

Przysucha
פשיסחא
פשיסכא
Peshischa
Пшисуха

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Przysucha was home to a number of Chasidic Rabbis, such as Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak of Peshischa, of the Peshischa Chasidim, and Simcha Bunim of Peshischa.

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On August 15, 1942, the Germans established a ghetto in Przysucha, in which they interned 5 thousand Jews from Przysucha, Przytyka and Plock.

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From October 27, 1942 to October 31, 1942, all the Jews in the Przysucha Ghetto were transported to the extermination camp at Treblinka.

References

  1. Wencland, Jankiel