TORUŃ COUNTY
TORUŃ
After November 1941, Warsaw ghetto, author unknown, “Toruń.”
The expulsion of Jews from Toruń on 15 November 1939.
[1] Toruń
On 1 September 1939, the former Polish authorities ordered the evacuation of
the town population. The Jewish population left Toruń and travelled to nearby
towns in the former Congress Poland. After several days, the city was occupied
by German troops.¹³⁰³ Then the Jews returned to get their possessions, knowing
that they could not stay. The Jews who had been born in Toruń thought
that they could still live there. They enjoyed freedom until 15 November 1939,
when every single Jew had to leave the city.¹³⁰⁴ Shops and goods were confiscated,
¹³⁰⁵ only furnishings (but not all) and personal belongings were allowed
to be taken.
The majority of the Toruń landsmanshaft is now in Warsaw.
ARG I 1029 (Ring. I/1003)
Description: original or duplicate, handwritten, ink, Polish, 152×200 mm, 1 sheet,
1 page.
1303 The Germans entered Toruń on 7 September 1939. According to German authorities, 570 Jews lived in the town before the war. At the beginning of the occupation, there were 63 Jews left. By the end of September, 222 Jews returned. See Ludność żydowska Torunia, p. 20.
1304 In order to leave Toruń, Jews had to apply to the Department of Jewish Emigration (Judenabwanderung) of the Housing Office. A certificate was only issued on condition of leaving all their property to German authorities. The Jews were only allowed to take personal belongings, and to leave only for Wartheland. The last group from Toruń to Łódź departed on 17 November 1939. See ibid., p. 23
1305 On 11 September 1939, the plenipotentiary of the Head of the Civil Administration for the town of Toruń, Horts Zachrau, created the Jewish Property Trust Office managed by Kurt Domke. See ibid., p. 21.
