Warunki życia w częstochowskim getcie w świetle wspomnień jego mieszkańców

Abstrakt

The subject of a current article is a presentation of Jewish origin populace in Czestochowa. Target of the paper is to show Israelite’s life and activity in the place famous of Marian devotion
since ages – city of Czestochowa. Article presents a possibility of coexistence of Jewish and Polish population in the city, but also an increase of mutual antipathy. Reasons of growing antagonisms, can be traced from the moment of Jews’ first appearance in the Czestochowa. Current paper has to present Israelite’s profiles during the times of: economical growth in the city, changes in mutual Polish-Jewish relations and finally German occupation in Czestochowa. Superior target is to look on the Jewish district through the prism of individual experiences of Jews, who survived the II World War in Czestochowa. It seems very interesting, that compared to ghettos in Warsaw, Cracow and Lublin, ghetto in Czestochowa is not as much discussed. In the recent years, along with discerning thematic related to the Jewish populace, discussion appeared not only among Czestochowa citizens, but also among the city researchers. However above questions were not suciently elaborated yet.