Holocaust survivors and victims database yizkor book. English translations for many are found on jewishgen and in print. The yizkor book collection is a joint project by the yiddish book center and new york public library. Plotzk plock a history of an ancient jewish community in poland, eliyahu eisenberg, tel aviv 1967 the english part. More than five million records for poland, from a variety of sources, including. The publication of yizkor books was one of the earliest ways in which the holocaust was communally commemorated. Wyszkow, poland yizkor book wyszkow, poland yizkor book in jewishgen shtetlinks. The web site includes detailed names of libraries to contact for yizkor books, yizkor books which are indexed or translated, and general communique about the topic. Book donated to jewishgen yizkor books database summaries of hebrew and yiddish texts notes. Database compiled from transliterations and other compilations of necrologies and other death registers and notices appearing in 157 different memorial yizkor books as part of the jewishgen yizkor book translation project. May 23, 2018 they are from plock yizkor book 1976 of new york public library. History of the jews in plotzk until the first world war 1237 1914, the plotzk jewish community between the two world wars 19181939.
A few of these volumes will not appear in orbis, although they are held by the yale library. Library locations dorot jewish division shelf locator. Have you seen the movie defiance about the bielski brothers creation of a jewish village in the forests of belorussia of families of partisans, and group of jewish partisans. A history of an ancient jewish community in poland. Digital covertocover images of complete holocaust memorial books, exactly as issued. Index of yizkor book holdings for yale university libraries. This guide lists the yizkor book collection alphabetically by town or city name.
The 16th century was the golden age of the city, before it suffered major losses in population due to plague, fire, and warfare, with wars between sweden and poland in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Yizkor book project manager, lance ackerfeld this web page created by max heffler and osnat ramaty. The english part is not a complete translation of the yizkor book of plock but rather a synopsis, summary, and should be treated as such. Yizkor books are memorial books commemorating a jewish community destroyed during the holocaust. Jun 07, 2014 this is the translation of the memorial yizkor book of jewish community of grajewo, poland. Holocaust survivors and victims database jewishgen yizkor. Plock, 1967 topics jews poland plock holocaust, jewish 19391945 poland plock plock poland ethnic relations plock poland plock poland plotsk poland genres books portraits photographs memorial books holocaust notes statement of responsibility. It is my hope that this book will serve as commemoration to the jewish ancient grand and holy community of plock, exterminated by the germans during the holocaust. In the early modern period, plock was a royal city of poland and capital of the plock voivodeship. The population of plock now numbers about 35,000 and from that the number of jews is about 9,000, meaning, 22 percent. Plock, poland yizkor book project jewishgen home page. Written in yiddish, hebrew, or both, they are a crucial resource for research in east european.
In the original paper book they were on pages 42 and 43. Book to the martyrs of jarczow and surroundings ukraine plock, poland. Yizkor book project manager, binny lewis this web page created by moshe m. Memorial books that document jewish life before world war ii, along with vivid firsthand accounts of the. This material may not be copied, sold or bartered without jewishgen, inc.
Welcome to the lodz area research group larg home page. Plock, 1960 topics jews poland plock history holocaust, jewish 19391945 poland plock plock poland ethnic. As in other polish towns, the kehila was the representative jewish body serving the religious, social and cultural needs of the jewish inhabitants. Plock, 1945 topics jews poland plock holocaust, jewish 19391945 poland plock jews, polish argentina societies, etc plock poland ethnic relations plock poland plotsk poland plock poland genres books portraits photographs memorial books holocaust memorial books holocaust.
I wish to thank the plock landsmanschaft who encouraged me and gave me and jewishgen the permission to post the plock yizkor book in the internet. Eisenberg, tel aviv, world committee for the plotzk memorial book, 1967. A big city usually has a population of at least 200and you can often fly into a major airport. The lodz area research group, founded by shirley rotbein flaum and roni seibel liebowitz, aims to provide researchers with a forum, clearinghouse and resource for the collection and dissemination of genealogical and historical information relating to the jewish communities of lodz, poland, and the surrounding area. Biezun poland, biezun memorial book sefer hazikaron. Plock poland yizkor book project jewishgen home page.
Jri poland is an independent nonprofit taxexempt organization under section 501c3 of the u. Click on the appropriate tab below to locate a particular book. Yizkor books usually focus on a town but may include sections on neighboring smaller communities. Below is a list of all catholic churches in plock, poland. Yizkor book project manager, binny lewis this web page created by max heffler and osnat ramaty. The following translations from yizkor books have been donated to jewishgen by. You can browse the david and sylvia steiner yizkor book collection by countryregion or by citytown. For comments or questions related specifically to website technical issues, email. Home yizkor books libguides at new york public library. It was added to the digital library in february 2017. In the first 200 years of their residence there, the jews usually engaged in moneylending, sometimes accepting landed estates and other immovable property as security.
Plock warsaw district published in almanac of the jewish communities in poland warsaw 1939 almanac gmin zydowskich in posce, warszawa 1939 translated by sara mages. It was added to the digital library in january 2017. The books are listed in alphabetical order by town. Jews have been living in grajewo, in the province of bialystok, poland since the late 17th century. To view a titles orbis record, simply click on its call number. Yizkor memorial books document the history of jewish communities destroyed in the holocaust. These books are scanned from the new york public librarys yizkor book collection. A joint project of jewish records indexing poland and jewishgen. What are yizkor books and how to use them to enhance a. Memorial yizkor book of the jewish community of novogrudok. This paragraph was published in the yizkor book of plock, plock, a history of an ancient jewish community in poland, editor eliyahu eisenberg, tel aviv, 1967, pages 565566, and translated from hebrew by mrs.
Wyszk o w, poland cemetery monument dedicated in wyszkow, poland howard b. Yizkor books in the jfcs holocaust center and tauber holocaust library. The yizkor book in ms word file format the yizkor book in ms acrobat format. It was the first of more than 900 of this type that were subsequently published. Library locations dorot jewish division topics jews history holocaust, jewish 19391945 jews europe, central jews. The books are published by former residents or landsmanshaft societies as remembrances of homes, people and ways of life lost during world war ii. For all general inquiries about jri poland activities and indexing, address email to. Thw yizkor book of plock, plock, a history of an ancient jewish community in poland, editor eliyahu eisenberg, tel aviv, 1967, hebrew, pages 565566, and translated from hebrew by mrs.
May 09, 20 memorial yizkor book of the jewish community of novogrudok, poland translation of pinkas navaredok, originally published in hebrew and yiddish in tel aviv in 1963. Bakers bibliography of eastern european memorial yizkor books. The yizkor book of plock table of contents ada holtzman. Hudge yizkor book plotzk plock poland holocaust israel. Holocaust survivors and victims database yizkor holocaust. Index of yizkor book holdings for yale university libraries the books. Immense yizkor book plotzk plock holocaust poland immense and heavy book, plotzk, a history of an ancient jewish community in poland.
Once a genealogist finds a yizkor book, and once she or he locates any entries in the book that pertain to their ancestors there are several ways they could take. This edition was published in 1967 by hamenorah in tel aviv. Feb 24, 2020 most 85% of the 700 yizkor books at the new york public library are online. The yizkor book holdings of the dorot jewish division are the most extensive in the united states, with upwards of 90% of the titles listed in zachary m. City in warszawa province, central poland as jews settled in plock before 1237, when the city was the capital of masovia, the plock jewish community is one of the oldest in poland. Go to jewish genealogy research main page poland and galicia jewish research. The new york public libraryyiddish book center yizkor book collection includes 650 digitized yizkor books from the collections of the two institutions.
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