| Brzesko Ghetto | |
|---|---|
  Location of Brzesko Ghetto within Poland | |
| Location | German-occupied Poland 49°58′00″N 20°37′00″E / 49.96667°N 20.61667°E |
| Date | fall 1941 (open ghetto)/ mid July 1942 (closed ghetto) to 17 September 1942 |
| Participants | blue police |
| Organizations | Nazi SS |
| Camp | Belzec extermination camp, Auschwitz concentration camp |
| Victims | 6000 |
| Survivors | 200 |
| Witnesses | Dov Landau |
Brzesko Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto during World War II in occupied Poland.[1] The ghetto was created by the Third Reich in 1941 in the Polish town of Brzesko located in the Kraków District about 40 miles from Kraków.[2] The ghetto was open when it was first created. In 1942, walls were put up and the ghetto became a closed ghetto.[3][4] An estimated 4,000 Jewish people lived there but another 2,000 moved there by 1942, many arriving from Kraków and the surrounding area.[5] The Jewish people living within Brzesko were sent to the Bełżec extermination camp and Auschwitz extermination camp.[2] After the exterminations, the camp was closed end of 1942.[3]
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