Lubraniec Shtetl

Lubraniec synagogue.
Lubraniec synagogue (2011). Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Overview

History of Lubraniec’s Jewish Community

Source: Pinkas Hakehillot Polin: Lubraniec and Virtual Shtetl

The settlement of Lubraniec is first mentioned in 1326, while mention of Jewish residents came in 1691. The first Jews in the town came from Gombin, Kruszyna, Izbica, Strykow and other places. In 1750, local Jews received permission from the bishops who owned the town to build a wooden synagogue and consecrate a Jewish cemetery. At the beginning of the 19th century, when the Jewish population numbered roughly 475, a new synagogue was built in the shtetl. Between the two world wars, new economic and political organizations were established. By 1939, Jewish residents numbered 1,050. Their ranks swelled in the first days of World War Two as many refugees made their way to Lubraniec from Wloclawek, Osiecin, Aleksandrow and Sluzewo. Germans occupied the town in September 1939. In late June 1941, most of Lubraniec’s Jewish men were send to forced labor camps in the Poznan district. Women and children were taken to the Lodz ghetto in July 1941. A small group of about 15 Jews were left in Lubraniec, but by March 1941 they were sent to their deaths at the Chelmno extermination camp. READ MORE in the Pinkas Hakehillot Polin: Lubraniec and READ MORE on Virtual Shtetl

Photos

Jewish Cemetery
Lubraniec Lapidarium
Close-up of lapidarium section

Resources