1. Nałęczów - Centrum miejscowości

The history of the village originally called Bochotnica dates back to the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries., when a defensive castle was erected on what is now Poniatowski Mountain, around which a village developed. In the mid-18th century. It was bought by Stanislaw Małachowski of the Nałęcz coat of arms, who in 1772. He named the entire estate Naleczow. In the early 19th century. The healing properties of the local waters were discovered, thanks to which - among other things. with financial support from Michal Gorski, who bought the Nileczow estate in the second half of the 1860s. - The settlement began to develop as a spa and summer resort. At the end of the century, a large sanatorium was built for approx. 1,000 visitors and tourist infrastructure developed, and Naleczow gained the status of a "summer literary salon," visited by many famous artists and writers, including. Bolesław Prus, Henryk Sienkiewicz and Stefan Żeromski. In 1963. Naleczow was granted city rights.Jews in Nałęczów - Until 1939. - Jews began settling in Naleczow in the 19th century., along with the development of the settlement as a summer resort and sanatorium. Most of them made their living from trade and tourist services, providing services such as. For the numerous patients of the Jewish faith who came to the resort. Several Jewish doctors also worked here caring for vacationers.Since at least the 1890s. Jews also owned or rented several properties - in the villa "Osloda" built by the Tenenbaum family until ca. 1915 r. there was a hotel in operation, later transformed into the "Parisian" guesthouse, run by the Kohn family. The pension was also in the Rosenfein family villa, while the villa was built by the Wislocki family after 1902. Zelman Zylberg, a rabbi from Wąwolnica, bought the property. At the end of World War I, about 270 Jews lived in Naleczow. There was no synagogue or Jewish cemetery, only a private prayer room or beit ha- midrash, probably located in one of the boarding houses run by Jews. The Jews of Naleczow were subject to the community in Wąwolnica, where there was a synagogue and cemetery.Holocaust - The Germans occupied Naleczow in mid-September 1939. In December 1939. 146 Jews from Puławy, Kurów and Markuszów arrived here, in April 1942. While more than 2,200 Jews from Slovakia. Some of them - mostly young and strong men - were forcibly employed in labor camps in nearby towns, while others were taken to ghettos in Opole Lubelskie, Końskowola and Puławy. In Nałęczów itself until November 1943. There was a small labor camp.Passed through it approx. 200 Jews - among others. People displaced from Slovakia and Austria who worked in cargo handling (the camp was located in a barracks near the train station).In the spring of 1942. Naleczow became a concentration point for Jews from Kurow, Markuszow and other surrounding towns, as well as a transit center for Jews deported to the Sobibor and Belzec death camps. In May 1942. All Jews residing in Naleczow were deported to the Sobibor death camp.