Jadów is a

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Wołomin County __FORCETOC__ Wołomin County () is a territorial and administrative division in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The administrative ...

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Jadów __NOTOC__ Gmina Jadów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Jadów, which lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Wołomin and ...

. It lies approximately north-east of Wołomin and north-east of

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The town has a population of 1,200.

History

The beginnings of Jadów are dated to the late Middle Ages. In 1475, thanks to its location by a trade route, Jadów obtained a market privilege and the right to organize

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Architecture

In 1474 the first church was built by Bolesław IV. The most valuable part of the urban area is the small

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with tenement houses around.

Jews of Jadów

Between the two world wars there were about 1500 Jews living in Jadów, which constituted approximately 90% of its inhabitants. The Zionist movement was present in the community. Along with the occupation of the village by German troops in 1939, many restrictions were enforced upon the Jewish population, including payments, wearing an identifying band on the arm,

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, etc. In September 1942, a killing act (German “Aktion”) was enacted by Nazi troops, where approximately 800 Jews were shot to death. The rest were sent to the

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Notable people

* Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer (1889–1936), Polish general, and political and social activist.

References

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Jewish Community in Jadów
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