What's New on Krakow Kehilalink

Below is a list of new or amended pages appearing on the Kraków website.
They are listed in reverse chronological order.

August 2005

March 2004

December 2003

November 2003

Bochnia Conference: Conference on Jews of Bochnia held in Bochnia.
Kataster: New project to obtain a HUGE database covering a period of an entire century.
Bochnia: Yet another addition to our series on Kraków's surrounding shtetls.

October 2003

Biala, Bielsko, Lipnik: The latest additions to our series on Kraków's surrounding shtetls.
Chrzanow and Trzebinia: The first of our new series on Kraków's surrounding shtetls.

September 2003

August 2003

Schindler's List Revisited: Updated data concerning 'Schindler's List'provided by Nachum and Genia Manor (Monderer).

July 2003

Lau Photos Update: Letter of appreciation from family of Israeli Chief Rabbi Lau.
Youth Section: The first of our articles submitted by 2nd- and 3rd-generation descendants from Kraków.
Plaszow Ghetto: A new, more detailed map of the Ghetto.
Map of Miodowa Street cemetery. An updated map to assist in locating tombstones in this cemetery.
News Item - Images from the Miodowa street cemetery. How to obtain images from this cemetery.

June 2003

News Item - Restoration in Kraków An article from London's Jewish Chronicle
News Item - Ellis Island Project: A new project to gather all Ellis Island arrivals from Kraków
News Item - Rabbi Lau: Israeli Chief Rabbi Lau receives long-lost photos from the Kraków Research Group.
News Item - Yotzei Kraków: Annual Report of the "Yotzei Kraków" Organization. (pdf format)
Kraków Jewish News: A new link for up-to-date news about events dealing with Kraków Jewry. Go to 'Home & Admin' in our menu at top left of screen.
Rabbi Fraenkel-Teumim: A collection of documents belonging to Rabbi Simche Alter Fraenkel-Teumim - the chief Rabbi of Kraków and Skawina in early 20th century.

May 2003

Niepolomice Memorial Updated explanation and history about this memorial.
Its All Relative A new interactive tool to demonstrate relationships, kinship numbers and more. Access this via the menu at the top of the page.
Jewish Colonial Trust Help find Kraków shareholders (or their inheritors) who are entitled to claim from this company.
Balaban Book: Description of the new Hebrew edition of this, the most important historical book on Kraków.
kehilalinks/Kraków apologizes for being offline for the last week of April. The problems were beyond our control, and due to Kehilalinks changing over to a new server.
Holocaust Testimonies New list of 450 Holocaust survivors who submitted testimony about the atrocities they witnessed and experienced. Most include date and place of birth.

April 2003

Helpful Tools Handy tools such as calendar conversions, Soundex calculations, Polish pronunciation and Polish numerology. These can be accessed via the menu at the top of this page
Jewish Life in Kraków: A link to the Virtual Cinema of Stephen Spielberg's Jewish Film Archives. Provides an idea of how our ancestors might have lived in Kraków before the Holocaust. This 10 minute film clip was taken in 1939.
Association of Cracovians in Israel: Details about this organization
Kazimierz Map: Modern-day map of Kazimierz showing house numbers.

March 2003

News Item - Prince Charles Visit to Kraków and establishment of new fund.
Settlers in Israel. Updated list of over 650 Krakowans who settled in Israel (pre- and post-Holocaust era)
The Parochet: Picture and names from Torah Ark Curtain in Kraków Museum
Ester & the King: An essay in our Hebrew section. (Viewable only in pdf format).
Jewish Sites: A brief description of all Jewish sites of historical interest in Kraków.
Kraków Library: A detailed listing of books dealing with Kraków.

February 2003

Removal of Databases Our databases are now in the process of being moved to the main JewishGen site. This will enable the names in all databases to be searched by a single click. We have no idea when the data will appear on JewishGen, but we hope it will be soon. Unfortunately, the kehilalinks server doesn't have the CPU (processing) power to handle database searches, and we have no option other than to move sites.
Kraków Survivors One of our biggest databases (over 10,000 names) of those who survived the Holocaust and were either born in Kraków, lived in Kraków after the war, or else owned property in Kraków.
Kraków Regional Map Modern day map of nearby towns.

January 2003

All data shown in the Jewish Status, Renunciation of Citizenship, 1929 Directory, and 1935 Directory webpages have been converted into searchable databases. This is now more user-friendly, is quicker to download, and allows one to search the individual's plus his parents' surnames.
Kraków Refugees in Vilna List of 175 Kraków Jews who fled to Vilna in ~1939.
Feldblyum Collection Collection of early Kraków images
New Hebrew section. The main menu now has a link to our Hebrew section. There are numerous Hebrew documents dealing with Kraków which we would like to make available on this site. Translation of such documents is an immense task and beyond the scope of our many volunteers, so we are faced with the task of omitting these documents completely, or else making it available in Hebrew. Lilly Haber and Miriam Romm have been instrumental in getting this Hebrew section started. (We also have many Hebrew-speaking viewers, and this section will be of prime benefit to them). We intend to add a Polish section for our Polish viewers in the near future.
Postcards from Kraków Several pre-WWII cards donated by S. Leistner Bloch

November 2002

Jewish Status List of 2,500 names of Jews living in Kraków, ca. 1942. See page for details.

October 2002

Renunciation of Citizenship List of almost 1,500 Jews who relinquished their Polish citizenship in order to emigrate. This is a joint collaboration project with the Kraków Archives.

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