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followed in May and
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riots of the seventeenth century, many Jews of Opole were murdered and their property looted. Jews later returned to the town, and in the eighteenth century the town had a synagogue, a cemetery, and an entire
Hasidic dynasty. The twentieth century brought change to the community. In addition to the
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Among points of interest there are the parish Church of Saint Mary (1663-1675, expanded 1748), the complex of the
Piarist Monastery, the Lubomirski Palace (today it houses a high school), the town hall (1750), tenement houses and the cemetery chapel (1790). The cemetery itself was opened in 1772.
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The German authorities killed several dozen hospital patients in July 1941 and raped and murdered Jewish teenagers in 1942. The mass murder of residents of the ghetto began in the spring of 1942. Hundreds of Jews were brought there and then sent on to
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Germans brutalized, robbed, and humiliated the Jewish population. On 15 February 1941 and 26 February 1941, two deportation transports with 2,003 Jewish men, women and children on board left
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Agudat Israel ultra-orthodox movement and a Beit Ya’akov school for orthodox girls, Zionist groups and secular youth movements, such as
Hashomer Hatzair and Beitar, were founded in town. Before the
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which had been set up in Opole
Lubelskie. By March 1941, 8,000 Jews lived in Opole Lubelskie, including the native population, the Austrians, and others from nearby communities such as
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were also brought here. Crowding in the ghetto was intense with between seven and ten people living in each room. The crowding and lack of indoor plumbing and fresh water led to a
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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland
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or labor camps. Transports began in March with one to
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Baroque Church of the Assumption in Opole Lubelskie
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16:Place in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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699:"Ghetto/Opole/Dombrowa"
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556:traditional local foods
534:Lubomirski Palace, now
466:Aspang Station for the
1245:Opole Lubelskie County
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248: • Summer (
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222: • Density
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607:Opole Lubelskie is
408:in Poland. Several
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1154:Stanisławów
1144:Sewerynówka
1084:Kręciszówka
1074:Kluczkowice
1064:Kazimierzów
794:28 November
790:(in Polish)
406:Reformation
378:"Lubelskie"
366:Middle Ages
338:Lublin Land
268:Postal code
144:Voivodeship
112: /
1234:Categories
1199:Wrzelowiec
1179:Trzebiesza
685:References
603:Twin towns
595:The local
414:Sandomierz
410:Calvinists
279:Car plates
209:Population
179:Government
1214:Zajączków
999:Ćwiętalka
994:Białowoda
662:Racalmuto
651:, Ukraine
638:, Belgium
625:, Hungary
428:) in the
422:Jan Tarło
352:The word
348:Etymology
231:Time zone
1184:Wandalin
1174:Truszków
1094:Ludwików
1069:Kleniewo
1059:Kamionka
1049:Grabówka
1019:Elżbieta
987:Villages
777:, p. 146
669:See also
623:Mikóháza
597:football
582:, local
484:Slovakia
418:Piarists
1129:Rozalin
1104:Niezdów
1054:Jankowa
1029:Emilcin
1009:Darowne
679:Emilcin
664:, Italy
609:twinned
562:, are:
550:Cuisine
504:killing
447:Cossack
432:style.
430:baroque
388:History
354:"opole"
302:Website
125:Country
100:21°58′E
1209:Zadole
1169:Świdry
1149:Skoków
1089:Leonin
1014:Dębiny
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591:Sports
584:butter
571:smoked
526:Sights
496:Dęblin
488:typhus
480:France
476:Puławy
468:ghetto
464:Vienna
382:Lublin
358:Slavic
322:Poland
272:24-300
156:County
149:Lublin
137:Poland
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97:51°9′N
1219:Zosin
846:Seat:
649:Sokal
636:Hamme
370:Opole
362:opole
257:UTC+2
236:UTC+1
217:8,832
168:Gmina
796:2021
756:ISBN
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574:carp
482:and
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443:Jews
261:CEST
196:Area
494:in
454:of
283:LOP
250:DST
240:CET
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