Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Planning a trip to ancestral town Czchow #galicia
Renee Steinig
Googling ** Cmentarz zydowski Czchow ** brings up these pages,
describing the Jewish cemetery of Nowy Wisnicz, about 13 miles from Czchow: https://zabytki.powiatbochenski.pl/obiekty/miasto-i-gmina-nowy-wisnicz/cmentarz-zydowski-w-nowym-wisniczu (or https://tinyurl.com/NowyWisnicz-1) https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/n/541-nowy-wisnicz/114-cmentarze/24660-cmentarz-zydowski-w-nowym-wisniczu (or https://tinyurl.com/NowyWisnicz-2) According to the articles, <<Jews >from other places... eg Borowna, Czchow, Gdow, Kobyle, Wieniec, Wola Batorska, etc.>> were buried in Nowy Wisnicz. It's not clear whether this means that all or some Jews from those towns were buried there.There's a similar reference in Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, vol. 9, on GoogleBooks: https://books.google.com/books?id=BghzzbRIdP4C&dq=jewish+cemetery+czchow&source=gbs_navlinks_s More information about the Nowy Wisnicz Jewish cemetery can be found on Jewish Cemeteries in Poland (http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/), a site that was very helpful to me on a recent trip to Polish Galicia. On the other hand, this article in Haaretz mentions a Jewish cemetery in Czchow: https://www.haaretz.com/1.4783933 . The three people quoted in the article appear to be on Facebook; perhaps you can message them there for more information. This site has good tourist information for the region: http://www.it.tarnow.pl/eng/Worth-seeing/Jewish-heritage Renee Renee Stern Steinig Dix Hills NY genmaven@... Dave Lewak <dave@...> wrote: <<... I'm thinking of planning a trip to Czchow next summer, but I'm not sure what to do once I get there. Ideally I'd like to see whatever Jewish artifacts still exist, but I have no idea what is there; despite much internet research, I have not been able to find a Jewish cemetery or synagogue....>> |
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