Pruszków, powiat Pruszkowski, województwo Mazowieckie, Polska
| City | Pruszków |
| County | powiat Pruszkowski |
| State/ Province | województwo Mazowieckie |
| Country | Polska |
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Before the Nazi–Soviet Invasion of Poland, Pruszków had a large Jewish population.
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In 1940, the German occupation authorities established a Jewish ghetto in Pruszków.
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On January 31, 1941, the Pruszków Ghetto was liquidated, and all its 1,400–3,000 inhabitants were transported in cattle trucks to the Warsaw Ghetto, from where, most victims were sent to Treblinka extermination camp.
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During the 1944 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising powstanie w getcie Warszawskim, the Nazis established a large Durchgangslager transit camp in Pruszków on the site of the Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego Train Repair Shops to intern there the evacuees expelled from Warszawa.
Around 550,000 Warszawa residents and approximately 100,000 more from its outskirts were incarcerated in the Durchgangslager 121 Dulag 121 Pruszków set up for this purpose.
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On January 17, 1945, Pruszków was liberated from German occupation by the Red Army Armii Czerwonej.
Web Links
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| 1 | Web Home | Pruszków, from Wikipedia (Polski) |