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Pinkas Hakehillot Polin
Published by Yad Vashem
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Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Poland, Volume I, pp. 1-41 published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
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(District of Lodz)
Translated by Morris Gradel
Year | Total Population | Jews |
1793/94 | 190 | 11 |
1808 | 434 | 58 |
1827 | 2,837 | 397 |
1857 | 24,655 | 2,886 |
1897 | 309,853 | 98,386 |
1921 | 451,974 | 156,155 |
1931 | 604,629 | 202,696 |
9.1939 | approx. 672,000 | approx. 233,000 |
1.5.1940 | (?) | 163,777 |
1.10.1941 | (?) | 143,800 |
1.12.1941 | (?) | 163,623 |
1.6.1942 | (?) | 104,470 |
1.10.1942 | (?) | 89,446 |
1.1.1943 | (?) | 87,615 |
1.6.1944 | (?) | 76,701 |
October 1944 | (?) | approx. 900 |
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