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Kargowa is a small town in Western Poland near Babimost, a larger town. There is a town web site at www.kargowa.pl . Mention must be made of the murder by the Nazi's of many Jewish women and children during a Death March nearby to Kargowa.
In Luft, The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835, revised edition 2004, the town is grouped in the County of Bomst, along with Wollstein and Rakwitz. Individuals that became naturalized numbered 74 in Unruhstadt, 41 in Bomst, 80 in Wollstein and 31 in Rakwitz.
The town site at www.sztetl.org lists the following people who were murdered by the Nazi's:
No. Surname Name Maiden name Date and place of birth Place of residence Deportation Date and place of death
The LDS Microfilms of the town birth death and marriage records from the 1870 era to early 1900 have been extracted by the Jewish Records Poland (JRI-Poland) project and may be found via JewishGen. Films 1334579, 1874443, 1874444 and 1874445 were covered by Geoff Kaiser of Australia.
Additional information and some photographs of the Jewish area of Unruhstadt are found here:
http://www.xn--jdische-gemeinden-22b.de/index.php/gemeinden/u-z/219...
KARGOWA: Lubuskie Normal 0 (Unruhstadt: [Ger]%29 Jewish Cemetery in Kargowa is located approximately two km from the village marked on the map of the surrounding area from the early 20th century. A small forest contains the remains of the cemetery. Little is known about its history. In the 1930s, the Nazis destroyed this burial place of Unruhstadt Jewish residents. Only a few gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions and the fragments with plant motif ornamentation remain. With a little effort, one might detect traces in the road leading past the cemetery, paved with matzevot. photos. [May 2009] Source: International Jewish Cemetery Project.