The history of the presence of the Jewish community in Iłża dates back to 1789. Already in 1897, Jews accounted for 48% of the total population of this town, co-creating for 250 years a rich social, religious and cultural landscape of the region. The religious community was officially founded in 1850. Before World War II, one and a half thousand Jews lived in Iłża. However, there were twice as many people in the ghetto, because the Germans brought here the inhabitants of the surrounding towns. In October 1942, a column of Jews marched from the Iłża ghetto to Starachowice, from where it was deported to Treblinka. They were all murdered within a few days. On October 20-21, 2022, ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust of the Jewish community that lived in Iłża will take place. As part of the celebrations, on October 21, a ceremony commemorating the martyrs will be held at the Jewish cemetery in Iłża.