Jewish community in Żychlin Gmina żydowska w Żychlinie (Sygn. 111)

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma Records of the Jewish community in Żychlin: lists of advance payments, lists of remittances paid for medical treatments, payment of shares to a communal fund, books of share payers and a list of community members. Żychlin is a small town in Łódź province in the county of Kutno. In 1921 2,701 Jews lived there, making up 40% of the total population. During WW II, in Septemer 1939, Żychlin was occupied by the German army. In March 1942, the Germans liquidated the ghetto sending over 3,000 Jews to Krośniewice and then to the death camp in Chełmno on Ner (Kulmhof)