Dynów
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Jewish community of dynow
Dynów ' (lat. Dinoum, Dinow 1634, Dünow 1880)is a town in Rzeszów County
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
, Poland
, with a population of 6,058 (02.06.2009).
in 1939, Wehrmacht
soldiers on the first day of Jewish New Year
(‘Rosz Haszana’) mass murdered 200 Jewish civilians from the town. 150 Jews were mass murdered by machine gun
s after being taken away from the town on trucks. 50 Jews were burned alive in their prayer house.
History
Dynow once had a glory Jewish community which has been destroyed at world war II.
In dwnow was the residence of the great sage rabbi tzvi elimelch shapiro who is also buried in the local Jewish cemetery.
Yearly on the anniversary of the tzaddiks passing hundreds of Jews travel from all over the world to pray on the tzaddiks tombstone.
Recently the judaism in dynow has started flourishing again when a new hostel building was built for the visitors & a mikvah (ritual bath) which is now used by the local Jews miles around dynow to keep the purity of their family.
This all was built & is managed by the great organization "moreshet yahadut polin" you can see more info on their website http://www.moreshetyahadutpolin.org
Dynów ' (lat. Dinoum, Dinow 1634, Dünow 1880)is a town in Rzeszów County
Rzeszów County
Rzeszów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Rzeszów, although the...
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, with a population of 6,058 (02.06.2009).
Massacre during Second World War
During the German Invasion of PolandInvasion of Poland (1939)
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War in Poland and the Poland Campaign in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe...
in 1939, Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
soldiers on the first day of Jewish New Year
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah , , is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im which occur in the autumn...
(‘Rosz Haszana’) mass murdered 200 Jewish civilians from the town. 150 Jews were mass murdered by machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
s after being taken away from the town on trucks. 50 Jews were burned alive in their prayer house.
History
External links
Dynow once had a glory Jewish community which has been destroyed at world war II.
In dwnow was the residence of the great sage rabbi tzvi elimelch shapiro who is also buried in the local Jewish cemetery.
Yearly on the anniversary of the tzaddiks passing hundreds of Jews travel from all over the world to pray on the tzaddiks tombstone.
Recently the judaism in dynow has started flourishing again when a new hostel building was built for the visitors & a mikvah (ritual bath) which is now used by the local Jews miles around dynow to keep the purity of their family.
This all was built & is managed by the great organization "moreshet yahadut polin" you can see more info on their website http://www.moreshetyahadutpolin.org