1. Rossosz - Centrum miejscowości

The history of the village dates back to the 13th century.A small settlement, part of the royal estate, was transformed into a defensive stronghold.From ca. 1447 r. The estate was leased by the Polubinsky princes, while at the beginning of the 16th century., by royal grant, became their property. It is likely that Prince Vasily Polubinsky founded a town under Polish law at the site of the settlement, along with a privilege to hold two fairs a year and weekly markets. The city, located on the route leading from Krakow to Vilnius, developed as a trade center. In the first half of the 17th century. It was owned by Stanisław Koniecpolski, who in 1624. He sold it along with the surrounding estates to Mikolaj Firlej. In 1640. almost completely burned down, shortly afterwards it was looted and burned by the Swedes and the Rakoczy army.At the beginning of the 18th century. Was owned by the Potocki family. Trade and crafts developed in it, there were two mills and several inns.In 1870 Rossosz lost its city rights. During World War I, it was pacified twice by the Germans.Jews in Rossosz - Until 1939. - The inventory compiled at the sale of Rossosz to Mikołaj Firlej shows that a small group of Jews lived in Rossosz as early as the first quarter of the 17th century. At the end of the 19th century. Jewish entrepreneurs established a mill, a sawmill and a factory producing bleach.After Poland regained independence, Rossosz was a small settlement, inhabited by approx. 1300 people, among whom about a quarter were Jews.In 1921. A synagogue has been built in the settlement since at least 1928. while there were a mikveh and a ritual slaughterhouse. In 1928. The Gemilut Chesed loan fund was established, as well as local branches of Zionist-oriented Jewish political parties and the Orthodox Agudah. In the 1930s, with the deepening economic crisis, a significant number of Jews emigrated from Rossosz in search of better living conditions.Holocaust - Most likely on June 13, 1942. A group of Jews from Rossosz were resettled in Lomaz. In August 1942. Some of them, along with local Jews, were probably shot by the Germans.Those who remained in Rossosz, in late September 1942. They were resettled in Miedzyrzec. From there, probably on October 27, together with Jews from the local ghetto, they were taken to the Treblinka extermination camp.