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Polien-Glod
(Poienile Izei, Romania)

47°42' 24°07'

Romanian: Poienile Glodului
Hungarian: Sajómezö

Translated by Jerrold Landau

It is a village about 30 kilometers southeast of the district city of Sziget. All of its residents were Romaniadents were Romanian.

Jewish Population

Year Population Percentage
of Jews in the
General
Population

1830 65 (718
residents)

1920 136 11.2

1930 159 11.8

The first Jews did not reach this village prior to the 1770s. In any case, not one Jews is mentioned in Polien-Glod during the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 60s of the 18^th century.

The following heads of families in Polien-Glod are listed in the census of 1830 (number of individuals in parentheses): Mendel Itzkovics (4), Favel Itzkovics (4), Yaakov Unger (4), Moshe Gross (2), Itzik Itzkovics (4), Yaakov Friedman (4), Hersch Wiesel (4), Marco Itzkovics (3), Yaakov Wiesel.

We have no actual information about the Jews of this village. We know the names of several Jews of Polien-Glod from the beginning of the 20^th century, who were apparently the community parnassim [administrators] and notables: Reb Efraim Fishel the son of Mita, Reb Mordechai Fisher, Reb Yisrael Avraham Fruchter, Reb Izik Yehuda Wiesel, Reb Eliahu the son of Mechil, the leader [Nagid] Reb Meir Zeev Wiesel, Reb Menachem Yisrael Wiesel, Leib Wiesel, Reb Avraham Meir Wiesel, and the judge Rabbi Shlomo Drimer, who was a great scholar. Most of the Jews of this village were members of the Wiesel family, descendants of the author of the Ta”z^[1].

During the Holocaust years, the Jews of Polien-Glod were transferred to the Dragomireºti Ghetto, from where they were deported to Auschwitz to be murdered. After the Holocaust, some of the survivors returned. (Their number was 37 in 1947.) However, they left the village after a short time. The vast majority made aliya to Israel.

Today, there are no Jews in Polien-Glod.

Bibliography

David Meir Weiss (anthologizer): Kulam Ahuvim, Sziget 5666 - 1906, the list of the prenumeration.
Reb David Shlomo Eibeshitz: Megilat Setarim, Sziget 5670 – 1910, the list of the prenumeration.

Translator's Footnote:

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_HaLevi_Segal. Return

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Year	Population	Percentage of Jews in the General Population
1830	65	(718 residents)
1920	136	11.2
1930	159	11.8