Lipno Jewish Community
The Jewish community in Lipno (German: Leipe ), a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland , has been reported since the 18th century.
history
The first reports of Jewish settlers in Lipno date back to 1677. In 1736 there is said to have been a Jewish community ( kehillah ) in Lipno , the reports also mention a synagogue and a cemetery. The Jewish quarter is said to have existed since 1824. In 1910 Jews made up about 20 percent of the population (72 of 357 houses).
At that time Jews were mainly active in trade and played an important role in the economic life of the town: they operated around 102 factories and similar companies with a good 220 employees, mainly in the clothing and food sector. In 1928 they already owned 44.7 percent of the companies registered in the Chamber of Commerce.
The emergence of anti-Semitism in Poland alarmed the leaders of the community, but their efforts to restore peace were unsuccessful. After the occupation of Poland by the German troops, the community was finally destroyed: in December 1939 there were 2979 Jews living in Lipno, after extensive deportations only nine Jews remained in the city. The prayer halls were closed and burned down in September 1939, Jewish houses mostly demolished and the cemetery destroyed.
source
- Lipno. Historia , description on Wirtualny sztetl (Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich - Museum of the History of Polish Jews), online at: sztetl.org.pl / ... (Polish)