BOLIMOW JEWISH COMMUNITY
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According to this Polish language article, the earliest Jewish
settlement in Bolimow was in the 1790’s---33 Jews resided in Bolimow in 1794,
increasing to about 500 by 1858. At the end of the 19th C. Jews were
granted permission to build a synagogue and a cemetery. These served the
Jewish community of Bolimow as well as those from Nieborow and Kompina. Due to
emigration and WWI, the Jewish population was reduced to approximately 235
people, just prior to WWII. The families included: Sztyferman, Jakubowicz,
Rotstein, Rozner; the largest was headed by Abe Herman, with about 10 people. A
1827 street map of the Jewish quarter (between Pusta and Sokolowska Streets)
from the Central Archive of Historical Records in Warsaw is available on this
site.
In 1925
businesses had been owned by:
Berek
Jakubowicz, Sholem Rotstein, Chaim Naiforda,, Gidali Sztyferman, Yankel Krajcer
and Mendel Fiksa. A bakery was owned by Pinkus and Aron Poznan, and a
slaughterhouse by Sholem Rotsztajna. Other business owners included Aron Annel, Majer Man, Nusel Anzel, Abe
Herman, Nusen Rozner, Luzer Mordka Man (tailor), Majlich Knopfmacher (gravestones),
Ajzyk Pjxzer, Moszek and Kalman Frajlich.Crafsmen belonged to the Assoc. of
Jewish Craftsmen in Lowicz.
A ghetto was established during WWII, (March 1942) by the
Nazi, containing about 1500 people., locals as well as the displaced from Lodz,
Strykowa, and Lowicz. The Judenrat (Jewish Council) president was Berka Mordka
Man and its deputy was Zelaka Poznan. The Sanitary committee was composed of
Josef Ber Yosef, Rivka and Golda Man, Cyril Herman, Malka Zambrowska, and Ita
Rozner.
A short video of the Bolimow Jewish cemetery is available
at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xBnTIvGvs
(posted Sept. 29, 2013) by Slawektopolewski.
A long list of links to videos of other Jewish cemeteries is available at: http://kirkuty.xip.pl/fotogalerie.htm
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