Towarzystwo Popierania Rolnictwa

  • Society for the Support of Agriculture
  • Toporol
Identifier
334
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1933

History

Towarzystwo Popierania Rolnictwa was founded by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in 1933 to prepare young Jewish people for work on the land. In the ghetto, under the direction of the agronomist Israel Sudowicz (who later took part in the uprising in Treblinka), Toporol organized the clearing of rubble and planting of areas that could be cultivated.

Sources

  • The Warsaw ghetto: a guide to the perished city / B. Engelking, J. Leociak. – New Haven, 2009. – p. 840