# Opole Lubelskie <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Opole Lubelskie (Polish), Opole (historical)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Opole County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>51.15 21.967</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1795</td><td>Opole</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Lublin Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1815</td><td>Opole</td><td>Austrian partition, then Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Opole</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Opole Lubelskie</td><td>Second Polish Republic</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Opole Lubelskie</td><td>German occupation</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Opole Lubelskie</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voiv., Opole County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Opole Lubelskie received town rights in 1368 from Casimir III. A Jewish presence is documented from at least the 17th century, growing to 3,323 Jews (~60%) by 1897 and over 35% in the interwar period. The Nazis established a ghetto in March 1941; the final liquidation on 24 Oct 1942 sent some 8,000 to Poniatowa and Sobibór. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Opole Lubelskie, Virtual Shtetl, Jewish Virtual Library</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Szloma Wacholder (b.1811)]] | Born ~1811 | | [[Bajla Rosenberg (Lipman) (b.1813)]] | Born ~1813 | | [[Jochweta Lax (b.1828)]] | Born 1828 | | [[Fajga Monka (b.1832)]] | Born 1832, Died 1882 | | [[Sumer Lax (b.1835)]] | Born ~1835 | | [[Laja Rojza Shapira (b.1846)]] | Born ~1846 | | [[Perla Lajbelman (b.1865)]] | Born ~1865 | | [[Nachman Hersz Barbanel (b.1865)]] | Born 09/09/1865 | | [[Mortka Lax (b.1807)]] | Died 09/11/1865 | | [[Icek Koen (b.1868)]] | Born 04/29/1868 | | [[Sura Friedman (b.1870)]] | Born 11/16/1870 | | [[Manes Koen (b.1871)]] | Born 07/20/1871 | | [[Chaim Koen (b.1872)]] | Born 08/20/1872 | | [[Szlama Friedman (b.1875)]] | Born 08/01/1875 | | [[Ita Friedman (b.1877)]] | Born 08/22/1877 | | [[Szprynca (d.1942)]] | Born |