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This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Jawornik Polski, Poland also known as Yavornik, Jawornik Szklarski.
Gesher Galicia-Jawornik Polski
Location and background
Jawornik Polski - a village in south-eastern Poland, in Podkarpackie Province, Przeworsk County. Situated 29 km south-west from Przeworsk, 34 km south-east from Rzeszów, 330 km south-west from Warsaw.
At the beginning of the 18th century Jews would have settled in Jawornik Polski . In 1760 there were 40 Jews in the town and they belonged to the Dynów kahal. In 1785, 57 Jews lived in Jawornik, while towards the end of the 18th century, there were 96 Jews in a total population of 1,151. At that time, Jews from Jawornik belonged to the Tyczyn kahal.
- In 1835, there were only 80 Jews living in the area of the whole Roman-Catholic parish in Jawornik.
- In 1870, there were only 736 inhabitants of Jawornik, and, as it turned out, the town had no chances for development. Towards the end of the 19th century, there were around 100 Jews living there, while
- In 1921 this number was 155. They had a small and modest wooden synagogue. In the interwar period, a country club of the Jewish Agricultural Society was active in the town.
- In May 1942, nine Jews were shot in the local cemetery, which was called “okopowisko” [1.1 ]by the locals. In June, a ghetto was established there for Jews from Jawornik and the neighboring villages.
- In August 1942, the SS and the police shot six Jews in the cemetery who were hiding outside of the ghetto. In the same year, the Nazis murdered nine Poles in neighboring Hadle Szklarskie, who had been helping the Jews to hide, and whose names were revealed by the captured Jewish woman. Seven Jews who were hiding in the woods were also shot.
In present day Poland Jawornik Polski is in the Podkarpackie Województwo [ Province ] (formerly Przemyskie) , Przeworski Powiat [ County ]. Jawornik Polski Jawornik Polski is the seat of the Gmina [ Rural Administrative District ] which includes the city and commune of Jawornik Polski and the following villages / communities: Hadle Kańczuckie, Hadle Szklarskie, Hucisko Jawornickie, Jawornik Przedmieście, Manasterz, Widaczów, Zagórze.
Research
Jawornik Polski is included in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG). Shtetlach were interwoven together like a tapestry and the Jewish people of neighboring shtetlach linked by marriages, trade and marketing. They shared schools, cemeteries, kosher butchers, bakers and more. Smaller shtetlach registered their birth, marriages and death in a nearby larger shtetl.
One should research the neighboring area as well as an individual shtetl. The KRRG web site has resources and information that is relevant to many shtetlach. To search for family links and learn more about neighboring shtetlach, please visit the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG).
Maps:
View Jawornik Polski via MapQuest
View Topographical Map showing Jawornik Polski
Resources:
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Type in the name of your town.
The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen “All Poland Database”. This is a multiple database search facility, which incorporates all of the databases listed below. The “All Poland Database” enables researchers to find indices to vital and related records from the independent JRI-Poland database as well as entries from other databases. The combined databases have more than five million entries for individuals living in areas now or formerly in Poland. . It includes the following databases: JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF), Yizkor Book Necrologies, JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), JewishGen Holocaust Database, The 1891 Galicia Business Directory, 1890-1891 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia and much more. The database is a work in progress, and new entries are being added regularly.
