Jewish Families from Mladá Vožice, Bohemia, Czech Republic

This project seeks to collect representatives of all of the Jewish families from the town of Mladá Vožice (Jungwoschitz, Jung Woschitz) in Bohemia, Czech Republic.

General Resources:

JewishGen Locality Page for Mladá Vožice

Photos of a handful of prominent Jews appear on p.222 of Hugo Gold's 1934 book, Die Juden und Judengemeinden Böhmens in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.

Census and Family Records:

Jewish families from Mladá Vožice were enumerated in the Tabor Censuses of 1783, 1793, and 1799.

Familiant records for Mladá Vožice can be found in the Czech Archives:
142 HBF XV/II Táborský
Jistebnice; folio: 1
Hořepník (M) a Skočidolovice (S); folio: 33
Hořepník (P); folio: 40
Jeníčkova Lhota; folio: 99
Mladá Vožice (P); folio: 107

Birth, Marriage, and Death Records:

The Czech archives hold many birth (N), marriage (O), and death (Z) records for the Jewish community of Mlada Vozice:

• MLADÁ VOŽICE (o. Tábor) 1276 N 1802-1852 (i) kn 1276
• MLADÁ VOŽICE (o. Tábor) 1277 N 1842-1873 (i) kn 1277
• MLADÁ VOŽICE (o. Tábor) 1278 N 1869-1930 (i), 1932, 1934-1936, 1938-1940,1942-1944 kn 1278
• MLADÁ VOŽICE (o. Tábor) 1279 O 1869-1940 (i), 1942-1944 kn 1279
• MLADÁ VOŽICE (o. Tábor) 1280 Z 1868-1928 (i), 1930, 1932, 1934-1936, 1938-1944 kn 1280
• MLADÁ VOŽICE (o. Tábor) 1281 N 1818-1849 (i) O 1818-1821 (i) Z 1819-1846 (i) kn 1281

In addition, some relevant records may be found in nearby towns, for example: NOVÁ VES U MLADÉ VOŽICE (Neudorf, o. Tábor) 481 O (marriages) 1826 - 1859; N (births) 1800-1871; Z (deaths) 1825-1865.

Burials:

International Jewish Cemetery Project Page for Mladá Vožice (may not be up to date)

Photos of Belec Jewish cemetery, where many Jews from Mlada Vozice were buried.

Article from 2014 in Czech about the Belec Jewish cemetery, with photos

More Information:

The first reports about Jews settled here come from the 2nd half of the 17 century, early 18th century.

A well-established Jewish religious municipality operated in Mlada Vožice for a century.

In the middle of 19th century, the Jewish settlement was small, only 8 families were allowed to live there, the highest number of the Jewish population in Mladá Vožice was in 1890 with 169 people. From then the number only dropped and the last pre-war population census, only 37 citizens reported to belong to Judaism.

The concentration of Jewish houses used to be in today's street northwest of the square that is still called Jewish, some of the houses are still preserved after various reconstructions.

The tragic end of the presence of the Jewish population was marked by the German Nazi occupation. 68 people were deported to the extermination camps from the town and the surrounding area. Families who died - Fleišlova, Katzova, Jedlinského, Klinenberger, Mahlerova, Pachnerova, Porgesova, Polackova, Rosenbergova, Schmolkova, Silbersternova, Sommerova, Strakova, Stránského, Synkova, Weinstein, Winternitz and some individuals. The youngest victim was then 5-year-old Ji Nejí Klinenberger.
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Most Jews in young age perished in Auschwitz and Malé Trostinec. It is not known that anyone survived, and no one returned to their hometown.