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"These letters mailed from Kielce by this Jewish girl, during German occupation are priceless documents, a testimony to the constantly worsening living conditions, increasing reprisals, and limiting of personal freedom."--Cover.

Traces the history of the Jewish community in the village of Łopuszno, near Kielce, from the first settlement of Jews there in the early 19th century through the Second World War. 565 Jews were living there in 1932. The research is based mainly on archival material from the Kielce Archives and on testimonies of some Jewish families who left Łopuszno and settled in Israel and other countries. Describes relations between Jews and Poles in Lopuszno as harmonious. Pp. 138-145 briefly survey the wartime period. In September 1942 all the Jews were deported to Treblinka and murdered. Pp. 166-202 contain lists of births, marriages, and deaths in Łopuszno between 1874-1938.