Sosnowiec, Poland [pages 288, 309]

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Sos288.jpg [40 KB] - Only a remnant survives of the "Linat Cholim" Jewish hospital
in Sosnowiec

Only a remnant survives of the “Linat Cholim” Jewish hospital in Sosnowiec,
crying to the Heavens. The remains of the sign in Polish and Yiddish
is displayed above the entrance, as witness to the Nazi vandalism.

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Sos309a.jpg [22 KB] - The market square in Modrzejów

The market square in Modrzejów
(under the Russian regime) with the Gimpel and Wajnberg houses
in the center near the customs office and the bridge.
The youth sitting in the first row is Lajzer Ginsburg z&148;l (died in Israel)

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Sos309b.jpg [20 KB] - Modrzejów Chassidim leaving the Bet Midrash on Sabbath 5698 [1938]

Modrzejów Chassidim leaving the Bet Midrash on Sabbath 5698 [1938]
and walking through the market, during the visit of the Admor Reb Jecheskiel from Ostrów
on the occasion of the marriage of his son Abram Icchak with the daughter of
Rabbi Iszajahu Englard from Sosnowiec. Those in the photograph: The Admor Holsztok,
Rabbi Iszajahu Englard, Rabbi Holsztok from Modrzejów, Reb Josef Fridman
head of the “kehila” in Modrzejów, the “shamash” [beadle] Szmaja,
Reb Lejbusz Piotrowkowski, a community elder.

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