זֶ׳לֶחוֹב
Region: Pologne (Mazovie)
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Żelechów, a shtetl in southern Mazovia, had a Jewish community established since the seventeenth century, which represented the majority of the population in the nineteenth century. Its inhabitants lived mainly from trade and crafts. During the Shoah, the community was deported and exterminated.
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Sources & resources
- The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ↗
- Pinkas Hakehillot — Yad Vashem
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