Jewish Families from Plawno, Poland

Pławno, Poland is located 50°59' N 19°28' E

109 miles South West of Warszawa (Warsaw), Poland

Pławno [Polish], Plavno [Russian]

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Voivodeship= Łódź County= Radomsko Gmina=Gidle

Pławno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gidle, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. The village has a population of 1,200. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 miles) north of Gidle, 10 km (6 miles) south of Radomsko, and 90 km (56 miles) south of the regional capital Łódź.

World War II The fate of the Jews of Pławno was sealed in 1942. Mayoral orders are quoted below. 22 January 1942 It is impossible to create a residential quarter for Jews (Ghetto) within the local district because there are 460 Jews in the district of Pławno, and the Pławno borough itself is too small to lodge that amount in a body. Moreover, the farmers residing here could not be removed from their dwellings and farm buildings. It would only be practicable to resettle the Jews from here to Ghetto in Radomsko.

Signed Karl Rusche, mayor of Plawno district

19 September 1942 "The resettlement of the Jews of Pławno to the Jewish residential quarter of the Pławno borough has to take place on 22 September 1942, until 18:00. The Jews must take all things and machines with them. The police take charge of the dwellings. No Jew must be present in the borough past the 22nd."