Wadowice, Andrychow, Kalwarja, Myslenice, Sucha

Memorial Book of the Communities
Wadowice, Andrychow, Kalwarja, Myslenice, Sucha

(Wadowice, Poland) (Andrychów, Poland) (Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland) (Myślenice, Poland) (Sucha Beskidzka, Poland)

49°53' / 19°29' 49°51' / 19°21' 49°52' / 19°41' 49°50' / 19°56' 49°44' / 19°36'

Translation of
Sefer zikaron le-kehilot Wadowice, Andrychow, Kalwarja, Myslenice, Sucha

Editor: Dr. David Jakubowicz

Ramat Gan 1967

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator
Max Heffler

Emeritus coordinator Martin Cahn

This is a translation of: Sefer zikaron le-kehilot Wadowice, Andrychow, Kalwarja, Myslenice, Sucha
(Memorial Book of the Communities Wadowice, Andrychow, Kalwarja, Myslenice, Sucha),
Edited by Dr. David Jakubowicz, Published by Former Residents of Wadowice, Andrychow, Kalwarja, Myslenice, Sucha;
Ramat Gan 1967 (H,Y 454 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Wadowice

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TOC translated by Yocheved Klausner

With The Book - Dr. David Jakubowicz, Editor 9

The Wadowice Community

First Chapter - The history of the Wadowice Community (historical sketches)  The Editor

The beginnings of the settlement in Wadowice 15

The religious and cultural character of the town 19

A demographic study of the town 21

The contribution of the Jews to the development of the town 27

Second Chapter - The public life (public and religious institutions)  The Editor

    a. The community 30

    b. Rabbis and Judges 35

    c. The Synagogue 40

    d. Prayer houses 44

    e. The cemetery 46

Third Chapter - Milestones in the History of the Town

A short review of the Jewish settlement in Wadowice Dr. Wilhelm Kluger 51

Our town and its Jews Malka Wiener-Ram 53

On the Jewish way of life in Wadowice Anna Goldberg-Bruner 60

Changes in Wadowice, fragments of memories Shoshana Feuerstein-Nehushtan 63

My beloved town Hanka Offner-Kaufman 64

The sprouts of the movement in Wadowice Hans Lev 67

Fourth Chapter - Reflections of the way of life of the Jews  The Editor

The Wadowice Jews on Shabat and Holidays 71

Memories from the First World War 78

The economic life 81

Participation in the Town Council 87

Representation of the Jews in Court, in taxation and in Banks 88

Fifth Chapter - Educational Institutions, movements and parties  The Editor

    a. General education in our town 91

    b. Religious education 96

    c. The Hasidic movement in Wadovice 101

    d. The Zionist Movement 195

Sixth Chapter - Organizations and Institutions for Mutual Aid  The Editor

Community institutions 128

Charity associations 132

The social and sport life 136

Seventh Chapter - Personalities and Public Figures

Personalities and figures 142

Final notes on the history of the Wadowice Jewry 168

The Jewish settlement in Zambzitz 169

Eighth Chapter - Days of Catastrophe and Disaster

The Wadowice Jews in siege and distress (from the beginning of the war to the establishment of the Ghetto) 172

Prayer (a poem) Mania Bader-Kroithammer 193

The tragic day of the expulsion of the Jews from Wadowice, 2 July 1942 (description of eye witnesses) Hela Strauss-Mandelbaum, Lea Neuhart-Beeri 194

Ninth Chapter - The Period of the Wadowice Ghetto and its liquidation

In the Ghetto 198

The fateful day: 10 May 1943 (the fourth Aktzia) Hella Strauss-Mandelbaum 216

The atmosphere in the ghetto in the last months before its liquidation Paula Brunner-Einhorn 217

An inhuman struggle, which failed, for the rescue of one family Bertha Wurzel-Holzman 220

In the days of fury and wrath Lucia Bleiberg-Weissman 221

Fragments of memories from the Wadowice Ghetto Pela Bruner-Hersteil 223

A city without Jews 229

We shall remember - The names of the Shoah victims 232

Index of the names of the Wadowice Community members mentioned in the book 245

The Andrychów Community

The establishment and development of the Jewish community in Andrychow, rabbis and judges The Editor 251

Rav David Avigdor Pinchas Scheinman 256

Where are you? A poem) Lola Bader 259

The synagogue, the community buildings, the religious life, the cemetery, the economic life, the Zionist Movement, education, charity institutions, culture and sports Yitzhak Koren 259

Figures and Personalities The Editor 275

The annihilation of the Andrychow community Isidor Krumholz 280

The Andrychow Jewry at the time of the Holocaust Yitzhak Koren 294

Ruth'ke Lieblich, her personality and pages from her diary The Editor 298

A fateful escape from the Valley of Destruction Lola Rauchberger-Bader 310

Poems Lola Bader 318

Victims of the Holocaust - list of names 320

The Kalwaria (Kalwaria Zebrzydowska) Community

The Book and the Sword descended jointly from Heaven Avraham Avish Zehnwirt 327

The Jewish Kalwaria - history, institutions, parties and personalities Avraham Avish Zehnwirt 327

The town Kalwaria Dr. Hirsh (Zvi) Leibel 345

Memories about the Jewish way of life in Kalwaria Yehezkel Shraga Nichtburger 347

Kalwaria Yoel Scherf 353

My little town Kalwaria Chana Grinkroit-Grinbaum 355

Memories Zev Neuman

Yizkor Slomo Sternberg 363

How the town Kalwaria was destroyed Zecharia Schagrin 364

Without response Yoel Scherf 373

Names of victims of the Holocaust, the Kalwaria community 374

The Myślenice Community

Notes on the history of the Myślenice Kahal Dr. David Jakubowicz 381

Dayan Rabbi Moshe Langenauer Noach Weinman 385

The Kahal Rachel Perlroth 386

Prayer Houses, Shochets, Jewish Cemetery in Myślenice Dr. David Jakubowicz 388

An episode in the life of the Bet Hamidrash (house oflearning) Noach Weinman 391

Teaching of Religion, Voluntary Institutions, Cooperation with the town council Zhawa Fenster (Olga Weinman) 392

Zionist Movements in Myślenice Stefan Bober (Ozias Wasserfall) 393

Dr. Lazar Goldwasser Cwi Faden 396

The Doboszynski Pogrom (Doboszynski's March on Myślenice) Dr. Dawid Jakubowicz 398

Excerpts from the Jewish Press in Warsaw 400

The First Days of the War Mendel Becker 407

Myślenice during the Holocaust Beno Richtman 411

Victims of the Holocaust in Myślenice and surroundings 417

The Jewish community in Sulkowice Avraham Leibler 423

Residents of Sulkowice who died in the Holocaust 425

The Sucha (Sucha Beskidzka) Community

The Jews of Sucha Meir Gross 429

The Years of the Holocaust in Sucha Yakov Schachter (Chanina) 439

Names of the families who perished in the Shoah 445

Conclusion The Editor 447

List of illustrations 455

Photographs from the Myślenice Cemetery

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(Wadowice, Poland)	(Andrychów, Poland)	(Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland)	(Myślenice, Poland)	(Sucha Beskidzka, Poland)
49°53' / 19°29'	49°51' / 19°21'	49°52' / 19°41'	49°50' / 19°56'	49°44' / 19°36'

With The Book - Dr. David Jakubowicz, Editor		9

The Wadowice Community

First Chapter - The history of the Wadowice Community (historical sketches) The Editor
The beginnings of the settlement in Wadowice		15
The religious and cultural character of the town		19
A demographic study of the town		21
The contribution of the Jews to the development of the town		27

Second Chapter - The public life (public and religious institutions) The Editor
a. The community		30
b. Rabbis and Judges		35
c. The Synagogue		40
d. Prayer houses		44
e. The cemetery		46

Third Chapter - Milestones in the History of the Town
A short review of the Jewish settlement in Wadowice	Dr. Wilhelm Kluger	51
Our town and its Jews	Malka Wiener-Ram	53
On the Jewish way of life in Wadowice	Anna Goldberg-Bruner	60
Changes in Wadowice, fragments of memories	Shoshana Feuerstein-Nehushtan	63
My beloved town	Hanka Offner-Kaufman	64
The sprouts of the movement in Wadowice	Hans Lev	67

Fourth Chapter - Reflections of the way of life of the Jews The Editor
The Wadowice Jews on Shabat and Holidays		71
Memories from the First World War		78
The economic life		81
Participation in the Town Council		87
Representation of the Jews in Court, in taxation and in Banks		88

Fifth Chapter - Educational Institutions, movements and parties The Editor
a. General education in our town		91
b. Religious education		96
c. The Hasidic movement in Wadovice		101
d. The Zionist Movement		195

Sixth Chapter - Organizations and Institutions for Mutual Aid The Editor
Community institutions		128
Charity associations		132
The social and sport life		136

Seventh Chapter - Personalities and Public Figures
Personalities and figures		142
Final notes on the history of the Wadowice Jewry		168
The Jewish settlement in Zambzitz		169

Eighth Chapter - Days of Catastrophe and Disaster
The Wadowice Jews in siege and distress (from the beginning of the war to the establishment of the Ghetto)		172
Prayer (a poem)	Mania Bader-Kroithammer	193
The tragic day of the expulsion of the Jews from Wadowice, 2 July 1942 (description of eye witnesses)	Hela Strauss-Mandelbaum, Lea Neuhart-Beeri	194

Ninth Chapter - The Period of the Wadowice Ghetto and its liquidation
In the Ghetto		198
The fateful day: 10 May 1943 (the fourth Aktzia)	Hella Strauss-Mandelbaum	216
The atmosphere in the ghetto in the last months before its liquidation	Paula Brunner-Einhorn	217
An inhuman struggle, which failed, for the rescue of one family	Bertha Wurzel-Holzman	220
In the days of fury and wrath	Lucia Bleiberg-Weissman	221
Fragments of memories from the Wadowice Ghetto	Pela Bruner-Hersteil	223
A city without Jews		229
We shall remember - The names of the Shoah victims		232
Index of the names of the Wadowice Community members mentioned in the book		245

The Andrychów Community
The establishment and development of the Jewish community in Andrychow, rabbis and judges	The Editor	251
Rav David Avigdor	Pinchas Scheinman	256
Where are you? A poem)	Lola Bader	259
The synagogue, the community buildings, the religious life, the cemetery, the economic life, the Zionist Movement, education, charity institutions, culture and sports	Yitzhak Koren	259
Figures and Personalities	The Editor	275
The annihilation of the Andrychow community	Isidor Krumholz	280
The Andrychow Jewry at the time of the Holocaust	Yitzhak Koren	294
Ruth'ke Lieblich, her personality and pages from her diary	The Editor	298
A fateful escape from the Valley of Destruction	Lola Rauchberger-Bader	310
Poems	Lola Bader	318
Victims of the Holocaust - list of names		320

The Kalwaria (Kalwaria Zebrzydowska) Community
The Book and the Sword descended jointly from Heaven	Avraham Avish Zehnwirt	327
The Jewish Kalwaria - history, institutions, parties and personalities	Avraham Avish Zehnwirt	327
The town Kalwaria	Dr. Hirsh (Zvi) Leibel	345
Memories about the Jewish way of life in Kalwaria	Yehezkel Shraga Nichtburger	347
Kalwaria	Yoel Scherf	353
My little town Kalwaria	Chana Grinkroit-Grinbaum	355
Memories	Zev Neuman
Yizkor	Slomo Sternberg	363
How the town Kalwaria was destroyed	Zecharia Schagrin	364
Without response	Yoel Scherf	373
Names of victims of the Holocaust, the Kalwaria community		374

The Myślenice Community
Notes on the history of the Myślenice Kahal	Dr. David Jakubowicz	381
Dayan Rabbi Moshe Langenauer	Noach Weinman	385
The Kahal	Rachel Perlroth	386
Prayer Houses, Shochets, Jewish Cemetery in Myślenice	Dr. David Jakubowicz	388
An episode in the life of the Bet Hamidrash (house oflearning)	Noach Weinman	391
Teaching of Religion, Voluntary Institutions, Cooperation with the town council	Zhawa Fenster (Olga Weinman)	392
Zionist Movements in Myślenice	Stefan Bober (Ozias Wasserfall)	393
Dr. Lazar Goldwasser	Cwi Faden	396
The Doboszynski Pogrom (Doboszynski's March on Myślenice)	Dr. Dawid Jakubowicz	398
Excerpts from the Jewish Press in Warsaw		400
The First Days of the War	Mendel Becker	407
Myślenice during the Holocaust	Beno Richtman	411
Victims of the Holocaust in Myślenice and surroundings		417
The Jewish community in Sulkowice	Avraham Leibler	423
Residents of Sulkowice who died in the Holocaust		425

The Sucha (Sucha Beskidzka) Community
The Jews of Sucha	Meir Gross	429
The Years of the Holocaust in Sucha	Yakov Schachter (Chanina)	439
Names of the families who perished in the Shoah		445
Conclusion	The Editor	447
List of illustrations		455

Photographs from the Myślenice Cemetery