1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VelagxEAKH"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/unable-to-pay-rent-polish-jews-use-vacant-summer-homes">Unable to Pay Rent, Polish Jews Use Vacant Summer Homes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/unable-to-pay-rent-polish-jews-use-vacant-summer-homes/embed#?secret=VelagxEAKH" width="600" height="338" title="“Unable to Pay Rent, Polish Jews Use Vacant Summer Homes” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="VelagxEAKH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The vacant summer homes in the resort towns of Otvotzk are becoming a mecca for thousands of Polish Jews unable to pay rents where they are now living. Every train bound for Otvotzk is crowded with Jews going there to convert summer homes into camps which they heat with timber from neighboring forests. The migration […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315