Ełk

Ełk is located by a lake in northeastern Polska (Poland) in the Warminsko-Mazurskie (Warmian-Masurian) Province, conveniently near the Masurian Lakes, which are a tourist attraction for hunters and others. It has a population of 59 thousand.¹ Its Jewish population that did not flee in the mid 20th century were murdered by the Germans.

External references

view of Ełk with Ełk Lake in the foreground

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2011 from side banner of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C5%82k, accessed 12/18/2013.