Large letter in Yiddish on form of firm: E.Beer Bekleidungshaus Hindenburg Oberschlesien, 1930’s
3 leaves - 6 pages, size:20.5 x 23 cm., foxing stains
Zabrze (/ˈzɑːbʒeɪ/; Polish pronunciation: [ˈzabʐɛ] ( listen);
German: 1915–1945: Hindenburg O.S., full form: Hindenburg in
Oberschlesien, Silesian: Zŏbrze) is an industrial city in Silesia in
southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Silesian
Metropolis, a metropolis with a population of around 2 million. It is in
the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka River, a tributary of the Oder.
Zabrze is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, which was
reformulated in 1999. Before 1999 it was in Katowice Voivodeship. It is
one of the cities composing the 2.7 million inhabitant conurbation
referred to as the Katowice urban area, itself a major centre in the
greater Silesian metropolitan area which is populated by just over five
million people.[2] The population of Zabrze as of December 2020 is
170,924, down from June 2009 when the population was 188,122.[1] Zabrze
is bordered by three other cities of the metropolitan area: Gliwice,
Bytom and Ruda Śląska.