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J. Lewenhof | S. Ch. Warman | M. Czechowski | S. N. Langer | A. L. Fajerman |
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S. Pilc | D. Lewartowski | L. Sztajnfeld |
The elections were held in accordance with the five-point requirements for municipal elections. The following Jewish candidates were elected: Mendel Lubelski, Grunem Saper, Jozef Ingster, engineer, Dr. Avraham Perlman, Sh. Zyskind, A. Moszkowski, B. Tencer, M. Judenherc, and Cudzinowski. The council consisted of 40 members and held office for five years (1920 1925).
A seniority council that included the leaders of the various groups including Dr. A. Perlman and M. Lubelski headed the municipal council.
The council formed various social and economic committees. M. Lubelski was the
official liaison of the Jewish organizations to the various municipal
committees. In 1925, the council was abolished and the city had two municipal
councils that were in turn dissolved. The municipal affairs passed into the
hands of an appointed body of officials that included Leibisz Zendel and Herman
Oliner. Only with the municipal voter reform act of 1934 were elections held in
Sosnowiec, and a council of 44 members was elected that included nine Jewish
councilman.
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The Jewish councilmen formed an informal "club" where items were
hammered out and then presented to the municipal council as a single proposal;
in other words, the Jewish councilmen spoke in one voice. The membership of the
"club" consisted of Mendel Lubelski, Szalom Lajzerowicz [Property
Owners List], Herman Oliger, Dawid Kaiser [Small Merchants List], Baruch
Majerczyk [Revisionists], Josef Saper [Merchants and Industrialists List],
Jakob Kromolowski [Zionists], Leibisz Szwajcer [Orthodox], and Adam
Zilberschlag [Artisans].
The functions of the Jewish councilmen were made more difficult due to the prevailing anti-Jewish mood , which frequently resulted in clashes that were settled at the mayor's office.
The Jewish councilmen were very active in their legislative positions but were
also involved in social and political activities. They represented the Jewish
population of Sosnowiec as best they could. Due to their active participation,
they usually headed various social, economic, and cultural drives in our city.
They also frequently represented the Jewish population to other cities and
areas. The present "club" appointed Dr. Tuvia Melodista to represent
it at the general revision commission of the municipality.
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B. Majerczyk
[revisionists] |
H. Oliner
Vice-Chairman [small merchants list] |
M. Lubelski
Chairman [homeowners list] |
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A. Zilberszlag
[artisan list] |
L. Szwajcer
[orthodox] |
D. Kajzer
[small merchants list] |
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