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Number 3, Summer 2003 /A/ 7H/S ISSUE... POLAND JEWISH CEMETERIES RESTORATION PROJECT An Update and Appeal to Genealogists by Dr. Norman L Weinberg 3 ZWOLEN: • From Pinkas HaKehillot by Daniel Blatman translated by Judy Montel 8 • 1929 Business Directory transcribed by Warren Blatt 10 KIELCE GHETTO MEMOIRS of Mildred (Mania) Fefferman-Wasoff QpccicA interest by Elliot Cohen, M.D 12 STASZÔW CHRONICLE - DATES AND EVENTS from SefsrStaszôw Compiled by Elhanan Ehich ajournai Translated by Chana Tuchman 17 THE STONES OF STASZÔW by Jack Goldfarb 21 7, Qummer 2003 EXTRACT DATA IN THIS ISSUE 23 • ZWOLEN Marriages 1826*1877 ^journof oj ^Jewish by David Price 24 • RADOSZYCE Births 1826-1850 pu&fisfietf quarterly, by Dolores Ring 54 co-vering the GaiBernias of • OGRODZIENEIC Births, Marriages, Deaths 1808-1825 ancf by Robert Heyman 69 of the GLOSSARY, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 72 as defined 6^ the Boundaries ...but first a word from your editor 2 as tfie^ existed 1867-1917' Kielce-Radom SIG Journal Volume 7, Number 3 Summer 2003 .. but first a word from our editor rest Group hi this issue, we have a focus on the town of Zwolen - a translation of the article from Yad VaShem's Hebrew-language (journal Pinkas HaKehillot, a transcript of the Zwolen entries from the ISSN No 1092-8006 1929 Polish Business Directory, and complete extracts of all of the microfilmed Jewish marriage records of Zwolen Published quarterly, m January, April, July and October, by the hi additional to the Zwolen marriages - all 973 microfilmed marriages. 1826-1877, for this "new" town for us - the vital KIELCE-RADOM records extracts in the issue are the 1826-1850 Radoszyce births, Special Interest Group (SIG) and births, marriages and deaths for 1808-1825 for the village of Gracie Station Ogrodzieniec, near Pilica P. O. Box 127 New York, NY 10028 Articles on Jewish cemeteries in Poland and the town of e-mail: [email protected] Staszow include a report on the "Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project"' (PCJRP) by Dr Norman Weinberg, "The Annual subscription rates (U S funds) Stones of Staszow" by Jack Goldfarb, and the chronology of the USA $26 00 Jew ish history of Staszow ("Stashev", in Yiddish), translated from Canada S30 00 the 1962 Yizkor Book Sefer Staszow Elsewhere $37 00 Subscriptions and changes of address This issue also contains a summary and index of "The should be sent to the above Processed", the Kielce Ghetto memoirs of Mildred (Mania) Fefterman-Wasoff, prepared by Elliot Cohen. The KIELCE-RADOM SIG I look forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming 23rd is a non-profit, informal world-wide IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, to be held body of individuals interested in Jewish in Washington DC, July 20-25 We have scheduled a meeting of genealogical research from Kielce and the Kielce-Radom SIG for Thursday 7/24 at 2 00 We are also Radom, two gubernias in the Kingdom of planning on having a table at the Conference's "SIG Fair" We"ll Poland as defined by the boundaries ai need some volunteers for the table For more information about they existed from 1867-1917 the conference, see <http //www jewishgen.org/dc2003 > ADVISORY GROUP: hi other developments The SIG has obtained photocopies of Warren Blatt, Editor the 1906 and 1912 Duma Voters Lists for all of Kielce and Radom Debra Braverman, Membership Gubernias, which were the primary sources used by Alexander Carol Isaak, Production Beider for his A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland (See Volume I, Number 1, page 17 for details) We VISIT OUR WEB PAGE would like to transliterate these lists from Cyrillic, and publish www.jewishgen.org/krsig them in the Kielce-Radom SIG Journal and as a searchable database on JewishGen A volunteer Project Manager is needed All matters relating to research and to begin this process Please contact me if you are interested editorial articles should be directed to Warren Blatt, Editor As always, I am interested in your comments and feedback on 8 Bishops Forest Drive the Kielce-Radom SIG Journal, and in what types of material you Waltham, MA 02452-8801 would like to see Of course, we would welcome contributions of e-mail: [email protected] articles and other materials for the Journal If you would like to assist, please contact me ©2003, all material this issue — Warren Blatt Summer 2003 Kielce-Radom SIG Journal Volume 7, Number 3 Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project An Update and Appeal to Jewish" Genealogists Dr Norman L Weinberg, Executive Coordinator 95 Chasewood Lane, East Amherst, NY 14051 nweinberg(a>,picrp org Brief Synopsis of Previous Articles Ozarow descendants, some genealogists among them, a few survivors and friends, most never having ever met, came together m May 2001, through the miracle of the internet Their vision to restore the sacred burial place of their ancestors and relatives The Ozarow Cemetery Restoration Project (OCRP) was born and a website was established (www ozarow org) Within months, the OCRP had hired a project manager m Poland and began raising the necessary funds - all from landsleiter By early summer, the project started, including meeting the mayor and priest, who offered their support, obtaining a survey and permits, cleaning the cemetery, resetting fallen monuments on firm bases and recovering others from 10 miles away near the Vistula, taken there by the Germans as fortifications during the War, constructing new cemetery walls of stone with metal gates, and, erecting commemorative monuments at the site of the mass grave On October 15, 2001, a bus full of OCRP donors and friends arrived in Ozarow for the dedication ceremony We were greeted by over 500 people, including the mayor and priest, townspeople dressed m their best bringing flowers, as well as Polish and foreign dignitaries A moving ceremony followed at the mass grave where the priest in Polish, followed by the Ozarower Rebbe, Rabbi Tanchum Becker, a descendant of the famous rabbis of Ozarow, led prayers A few months later, without any encouragement from the OCRP, we received a letter from the headmaster of the high school that henceforth the students would clean the cemetery Norman and Hannah Weinberg were so moved by this, they established the Annual Weinberg Scholarship Award to be presented to a senior Ozarow high school student writing the winning essay on the Jews of Ozarow, on respect for others, tolerance and reconciliation, or a related theme The essays would be judged by the school staff [See Kielce-Radom SIG Journal V 4 (Autumn 2001). pp 28-29. and VI 1 (Winter 2002), pp 24-26] OCRP and the PJCRP Much has happened since' Of interest to Ozarow genealogists, the photographing and translations of all the monuments are underway, as is the making of a documentary film and collection of copies of pre- war records and photographs of the Jewish students of the high school We are also tracking down rumors of a book of the Ozarow rabbis, handwritten m Yiddish The OCRP work goes on also with reconstruction of the ohels, the burial places of the rabbis Then there is the question of what to do about the former Ozarôw synagogue, a movie house after the war, now a plumbing supply No Jews live m Ozarow today Should we restore it for a higher purpose? Under recent Polish law, all Jewish communal property is to be returned into Jewish hands, the Jewish Communities of Poland or the Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. Starting with urging by Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Rabbi of Warsaw and Lôdz, and a key member and advisor to the OCRP. the OCRP has been transformed into the "Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project" (PJCRP) - See wwwpjcrporg The PJCRP's objectives are based on our expenence and success in Ozarôw Its ommemorative Monuments objectives are Kieke-Radom SIG Journal Volume 7, Number 3 Summer 2003 1 - Restoration and Preservation of the still devastated Jewish cemeteries of Poland; 2 - Documentation and Publication, including of the restorations, before, during and after, and genealogical information on the internet in conjunction with JewishGen, and, 3 - Education, particularly of youth, both Jews and Poles Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project, Inc is a charitable organization incorporated in New York State. The PJCRP Coordinators are as follows Dr Norman Weinberg - Executive Coordinator, USA; Hannah Weinberg - Coordinator USA, Andrzej Omasta - Operational Coordinator, Warsaw; Rabbi Michael Schudrich - Halachic Coordinator. USA and Poland / Rabbi of Warsaw and Lôdz, Harold Halpern - Coordinator. Legal Affairs. USA, Prof Daniel Wagner - Coordinator Israel, Moishe Gold - Coordinator, Canada In addition, each shtetl cemetery project appoints its own Shtetl PJCRP Coordinator to communicate activities between the PJCRP and shtetl descendants As of this date the PJCRP has ongoing activities and interests in the cemeteries in the following towns and cities Bialystok llza - initial fact-finding visits completed, fund raising in progress, recovery of Judaica and search for matzevot are underway Iwaniska Karczew (also nearby, Anielin and Otwock) - Phase I funded and completed, fund-raising Phase II begun Legnica Lôdz - funds transferred for cemetery restoration Losice - initial fact-finding visits completed, land survey and permits underway, fund- raising in progress Mogielnica - initial fact-finding visit completed, two ohels were reconstructed with the advice and assistance of Rabbi Schudrich with costs partly covered through the generosity of Rabbi d'Ancona Opole Lubelskie - initial fact-finding visits Hza Recovered Talmud and Torah Scroll completed Oswiecim - initial fact-finding visit completed, PJCRP working on restoration with Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (AJCF). awaits funding Ozarôw - already restored, will finish ohels. raise partially buried monuments and complete objectives Plaszôw - initial fact-finding visit completed Polaniec Rozan - funds transferred for cemetery Staszôw - already restored, led by the amazing Jack Goldfarb; the PJCRP may assist in other objectives Strzegowo - initial visits and fund-raising completed, restoration work about to start.
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