Kolomyja is a city in the western part of the Ukraine. Between the wars, it belonged to Poland. After the German invasion of Poland, it was incorporated into the Soviet Union. The city came under direct German administration in August, 1941. Shortly thereafter, a Judenrat was established. Various actions were taken against the Jews, and a ghetto was established on March 25, 1942 with over 18,000 Jews. During the course of the next year, over 16,000 persons were sent to Belzec. The ghetto was liquidated in February, 1943.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a preprinted parcel acknowledgement card to the Comite Relico in Switzerland. Relico (the acronym for the Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population) was established in Geneva in September 1939 under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress. The card was sent from Kolomyia and bears a blurred cachet. The back of the card bears a December 30, 1941 handstamp. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcard" in the left frame to return.
Encyclopedia Judaica, CD-Rom Edition, Keter Publishing
Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2001), P. 648-49
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