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Map of the Town
by Józef Sztuczka
Translated by Jacek Pardyak
| Kolonia |
| Pharmacy street |
| Hospital street |
| Windmill |
| Pharmacy |
| Post |
| The way to Urle |
| Courtly orchard |
| Church [8] |
| Nowy Jadów |
| Road to Kąty |
| Common school |
| Leybtshes alley |
| Wujówka |
| Behind the inn |
| Shul [1] |
| To the pond |
| Osowica continued [7] |
| Hoyf [2] |
| Courtly pasture |
| Former horse market |
| Hachnasat orchim [3] |
| New houses by the brook |
| Sunburned place [9] |
| Mikveh [4] |
| Pond - fish farming |
| Fields |
| Beth ha-midrash [5] |
| Osowica river [7] |
| Horse market |
| Shul [1] |
| Fields |
| Sienkiewicz street |
| Noodle alley |
| Jadwisin |
| Marketplace |
| Road to the Beth ha-kwarot [6] |
| Road to Borki and Wójty |
| Water pump |
| Mill alley |
| To the Zawiszyn, Brok and
Łochów station |
| Firefighter |
| Doctor |
| The priest's orchard |
| Covered market with pork |
| Doctor's alley |
| Hospital |
| Piłsudski street |
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| Key to the Map |
Translator's Footnotes
- Shul = Jewish house of prayer. Return
- Hoyf = Jewish court. Return
- Hachnasat orchim = shelter for poor and wandering Jews. Return
- Mikveh = Jewish ritual bath. Return
- Beth ha-midrash = Jewish house of learning. Return
- Beth ha-kwarot = Jewish cemetery. Return
- Actually name of the river is Osownica. Return
- Tumah literally means “Impurity”. It is also pejorative way to name Catholic church. Return
- Taking into account the climate in Poland the author would have meant “mowed” rather than “sunburned” place. Return
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