Szczekociny
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Szczekociny sz is a town in Silesian Voivodeship
, Poland
, with 4,115 inhabitants (2004). The Battle of Szczekociny
was fought near the town on June 6, 1794 during the Kościuszko Uprising
.
In 1942 according to German Nazi Wehrmacht Plans, 1500 persons all Jewish residents of Szczkociny were deported to the German concentration and death camp Treblinka (see list deportations to Treblinka http://holocaust-info.dk/treblinka/treblinka_deportations.htm. Some 10% of the Jewish residents survived the genocide, such as Isik Mendel Bornstein.http://216.69.131.1/b94/story1.htm
Bornstein's son Yossi has been at the forefront of renegotiating the relationship with a renovation of the current cemetery and synagogue, under the now full support of the local mayor. See also Wolf Zylbersztajn, another still living witness and survivor http://web.archive.org/web/20091027163418/http://geocities.com/dz.research/Wolf.html. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcvGm5dM180 and also Jerusalem Post 27/07/05 "Memorial to replace toilets at Jewish Cemetery in Poland." Another Jewish survivor story has been listed here http://danielscounter.blogspot.com/2007/08/szczekociny-small-polish-town-facing.html.
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
, 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 4,115 inhabitants (2004). The Battle of Szczekociny
Battle of Szczekociny
The Battle of Szczekociny was fought on June 6, 1794, near the town of Szczekociny, between Poland and the combined forces of the Russian Empire and Kingdom of Prussia. The Polish were led by Tadeusz Kościuszko, and the Russians and Prussians by Alexander Tormasov, future eminent general of the...
was fought near the town on June 6, 1794 during the Kościuszko Uprising
Kosciuszko Uprising
The Kościuszko Uprising was an uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland, Belarus and Lithuania in 1794...
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Jewish population of Szczekociny
In 1937, two years before the outbreak of the second world war, there were 3018 Jews in Szczekociny, which made up slightly more than 50% of the entire number of inhabitants. Pictures of the remains of the Jewish part can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8uxz2GNt6cIn 1942 according to German Nazi Wehrmacht Plans, 1500 persons all Jewish residents of Szczkociny were deported to the German concentration and death camp Treblinka (see list deportations to Treblinka http://holocaust-info.dk/treblinka/treblinka_deportations.htm. Some 10% of the Jewish residents survived the genocide, such as Isik Mendel Bornstein.http://216.69.131.1/b94/story1.htm
Bornstein's son Yossi has been at the forefront of renegotiating the relationship with a renovation of the current cemetery and synagogue, under the now full support of the local mayor. See also Wolf Zylbersztajn, another still living witness and survivor http://web.archive.org/web/20091027163418/http://geocities.com/dz.research/Wolf.html. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcvGm5dM180 and also Jerusalem Post 27/07/05 "Memorial to replace toilets at Jewish Cemetery in Poland." Another Jewish survivor story has been listed here http://danielscounter.blogspot.com/2007/08/szczekociny-small-polish-town-facing.html.