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This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Švihov (Schwihau) in Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Svihov became part of the Czech Torah Project when one of the Torah's in the collection was identified as coming from Svihov. This Torah is now in the possession and protection of Congregation Albert in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
A Torah from the Memorial Scrolls Trust originally from a synagogue in Svihov, Bohemia - now the Czech Republic - is being housed at Congregation Shir Shalom in Woodstock, Vt., after being acquired through a donation from member Zecil Gravitz. There will be a dedication ceremony for the scroll on Sept. 28. The scroll was photographed at Congregation Shir Shalom in Woodstock, Vt., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)
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A great deal of detailed information relating to the Jewish population of Svihov may be found here:
http://www.xn--jdische-gemeinden-22b.de/index.php/gemeinden/s-t/179...
and the Badatelna is here:
Http://www.badatelna.eu/fond/2098/reprodukce/?zaznamId=401585&reproId=583857
and here is detailed history:
Frantisek Teplý, The Jews in Schwihau, in: Yearbook of the Society for the History of the Jews in the Czechoslovak Republic 2/1930, pp. 120 - 184
Some individuals named Bloch or Block from Svihov went to St. Louis, Missouri, US early in the 1800's. The book Zion in the Valley by Ehrlich documents some of these people.
The database at Yad Vashem includes a limited number of people from or connected with Svihov. Here is the extract of the data:
Bicková, Marta 1908 Praha, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Kohn, Emil 1894 Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Krausova, Olga 1910 Trebivlice, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Wachtl, Rudolf 1887 Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Wachtl, Rudolf 1887 Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Wachtl Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Wachtl Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Weilova, Amalie 1905 Praha, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Kraus 1890 Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Kraus 1890 Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Kraus Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Kraus Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Sabat Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Sabat Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Sabat, Leo Leopold 1891 Svihov, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
Stern, Frantisek 1903 Praha, Czechoslovakia Page of Testimony Murdered
The database at www.chewra.com includes tombstone inscriptions for about 320 individual stones in the town cemetery of Svihov. Link is here:
http://www.chewra.com/keshetnew/kweb/location_tombs.aspx?lid=301&kid=0
The International Jewish Cemetery Project has a nice discussion of the town and the history relating to Jewish community, along with the Cemetery Project inspection and report from some years ago.
http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/czech-republic/svihov.html
Tours of Pilsen area for Jewish tourists include Svihov here:
http://www.jewish-route.eu/english/mesta/17_svihov/svihov.htm