GRZYMAłÓW
Hrymayliv, Ukraine

Grzymałów is included in the Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG).  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 SRRG 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 Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG).

Variant shtetl names: Grimaylov [rus], Grzymalów [pol], Rimalov [yid], Hrymajiliv [ukr], Hrymayliv, Gzhimaluv, Grzhymalov, Grzhimalov, Grimalov

Shtetl leader: John Diener
SRRG Coordinator: Susana Leistner Bloch

Administrative District: Skałat

Judicial / Tax District (Subdistrict): Grzymałów

History and Geography:

In present day Ukraine Grimaylov is in the Ternopilska Oblast (Region / Province). Located on the Zbruch river 13 miles east of Trembowla, Grzymalów was a rail spur terminus. Its residents were engaged in flour milling, brick manufacturing and distilling. Grzymalów population in 1931 was 4,074. Grzymalów: Slownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów slowianskich (Geographic Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries) 1880-1902

Maps:

1939 Grzymalów Map: Street Plan 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary Google Hand -Drawn Street Plans of Grzymalów. Submitted by Tadeusz Bozbar MapQuest MultiMap

Resources:

1929 Business directory Ellis Island Database - Immigrants from Grzymalów, compiled by John Diener

Holocaust:

Grimaylow Plaque at the Chamber of the Holocaust - Mount Zion, Jerusalem. The Holocaust in Eastern Galicia

Photos and Postcards:

Postcard photos Postcards submitted by Tadeusz Bozbar

Articles:

Hershke's Band in the Skalat Forest, by Israel Pickholtz The Last Huppa in Grimaylow - Hershke's Band in the Skalat Forest, by Israel Pickholtz

Travelogues:

Excerpts from Trip Journal - Poland & Ukraine May-June 2005 submitted by John Diener

The People of Grzymałów:

Faces:

Faces of Grzymalów

Biographies and Family Histories:

Autobiographical Notes of Nathan Diener, submitted by John Diener The WOHL (WAHL) Family Biography

Famous Sons and Daughters:

Juliusz Samsonovich Hibner

After emigration:

Baron Hirsch Cemetery Grzymalów Landsmanshaft Burials. Submitted by John Diener Beth David Cemetery Grzymalów Landsmanshaft Burials. Submitted by John Diener Beth Moses Cemetery Grzymalów Landsmanshaft Burials. Submitted by John Diener Grzymalów Landsmanshaftn and Congregations(Including a list of burial society plots in the New York metropolitan area Montefiore Cemetery Grzymalów Landsmanshaft Burials. Submitted by John Diener Mount Zion Grzymalów Landsmanshaft Burials. Submitted by John Diener New York Area Grzymalów Landsmanshaft Burials (all cem., alphabetical order). Submitted by John Diener Photos - Rymalower Young Mens Benevolent Association Rymalower Young Mens Benevolent Association

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