Poland Map of Gemilath Chesed Kassas Locations 1939

A 1939 map of pre-war (Second Republic) Poland showing and labeling the locations of nearly 1000 Jewish communities where Gemilath Chesed Kassas ("acts of loving-kindness" free loan association credit desks) were operating to provide financial aid to Jews using funds from the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) or US-based landsmanshaftn or both. Place names are labeled in Polish; the map title is in Hebrew; the legend is in English. The reverse side of this map lists all of the locations alphabetically and keys them to the grid on this side of the map. The map and index were printed in Poland in the January~March 1939 edition of Folkshilf (People's Aid), the journal of the association.