over 3000. Living conditions were horrific with up to ten people living in each room and others living in the streets or in attics. Hunger and typhus epidemics killed many. In October 1942, the Gestapo and German and Polish police rounded up the ghetto population. A few dozen escaped, as many as 500 were murdered in Koluszki, and the rest were loaded on a train for Treblinka. There they were immediately gassed. There were a few survivors of unknown numbers among Koluszki's Jewish population. Several Christian Poles helped a few Jews hide, and three, the Krzyzanowski family, were recognized after the war as Righteous Among the Nations for hiding six Jews. The town was restored to Poland by the Red Army on January 18, 1945. Its town charter was established in 1949. Post Poczta Polska – the postal service of Poland maintains its Department of Undelivered Mail (Wydział Przesyłek Niedoręczalnych) in the Koluszki post office. Sports The local football club is KKS Koluszki. It competes in the lower leagues. Notable people Władysław Strzemiński (1893–1952), avant-garde painter Katarzyna Kobro (1898–1951), avant-garde sculptor References External links Official town website Koluszki Foundry and Machinery/ local grey and nodular iron foundry Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship Łódź East County Holocaust locations in Poland it:Koluszki