Pilzno, Poland
  Alternate names: Pilzne, Pilsno 49°58' 21°18'

FAMILY NAMES OF JEWS IN PILSNO BEFORE WORLD WAR II

REMEMBERED BY ARYE BODNER OF ISRAEL, RELATIVE OF GEORGE BODNER OF PORTLAND, OREGON

Mayer Lerner, father-in-law of Mottel Chilowicz, Maurice's brother
Shlomo Epstein, businessman, died before the war
Jacob Epstein, businessman, killed with 7 children  brothers
Mendel Epstein, one son survived the war
Pinhas Bochner
Rabbi Menasha Horowitz, son of Bezalel  ( Menasha was the Rabbi when the war began)
Chazkel Sinai, tailor, killed by Germans
Aryon Grapschrict, businessman: lumber yard; relative of Shushka Bochner
Mendel Klausner, a poor man, killed in war
Jacob Bochner, brother of Pinchas
David North, businessman
Michael Schonwetter, shoe store
Lazar Weiss, older man, father-in-law of D. North and M. Eisenberg
Mendel Eisenberg, businessman, one son survived
Montag, glazier
Wiesenfeld, died before the war
Tovya Orniner, died before the war
Weinberger, saloon, moved away before the war
Schneyer Brachfeld, pottery store
Hershel Gieser,  egg business, died before the war
Harry Shmaya, coat and mortar business, also a small grocery
Yankel Rendel, brother-in-law of Harry Shmaya
Sussman
Abraham Cohen
Schmuel Steinhauer, died before the war
Shia Steinhauer
Abraham Giese, family died before the war
Beryl Spiera, butcher
Moshe Ber, sextant
Alter Weissman
Mort Treivich
Schloss
Gabriel and Moshe Einspruch, brothers.  Gabriel married Chaya Kranz; he died before the war.  Moshe was killed in the war.
Abraham Einspruch, son of Gabriel, went to NY
Chaim Freeman, exported meat, survived in Russia
Yosef Brust, ready-made suits, killed in the war
Chana Zucher, milk
Shia Sperber
Mechel Stern, shoes, in 1924 photo with child; killed in the war
Shloime Kalb,  repaired pots
Mechel Flam, had a store, and horse & buggy
Shloime David Cohen, baker; killed in the war
Natan Berkowitz, died before the war
Wolf Reich, shoe store, had 3 sons who survived in the bunker with the Bochners
Esther Sandhaus, soda fountain, made seltzer
Solomon Mayer Kranz
Alter Kranz, son Mottel; had a fish store.
Moshe Linder, yard goods, survived with 3 sons in Russia, but wife and daughter were killed in the war
David Fingerhut, tailor
Samuel Baum, candy store, sons Chaim and Leibish; none survived
Beryl Tanenbaum, grocery store, died before the war
Leah Semel Blumenberg, killed in the war
Gastwirt
Binash Leicht, died before the war, sold lingerie
Yoel Adler, hardware store
Stepel Sackel, hardware store
Itzak Scheshniaver, 7 children, none survived
Shimon Abraham, store keeper, killed with his wife
Abraham Abraham, Shimon's brother
Chaim Reimer
Feibel Kirsch, and his father Moishe; hardgoods;  went to Israel before the war
Abraham Turk, cattle dealer
Moshe Turk, grain dealer
Beryl Turk
Milchman
Leo List, son Martin lives in California
Nathan List, son Peretz lives in NY
Kampf
Eli Furst
Fivel Schuss, 3 sons survived in Russia
Kalman Chilowicz, Maurice's uncle
David Chilowicz, Maurice's father
Selig Derszowitz and his brother Binyamin Derszowitz
Leo Leib Derszowitz, their father; married Esther Parizer, the sister of Malka
Parizer who was Mordche Bodner's wife.
Zacharia Derszowitz
Mordche Bodner, went to Tarnow before the war with wife Malka, sons
Arye (the author of this list), Jacob, Chaim, daughter Chana
Gershon Bodner, to Tarnow before the war with wife, sons Leib, Abraham and Herman
Israel Tulipan, married to Leah Bodner, sister of Mordche and Gershon
Ephraim Tulipan, Israel's brother
Chaim Tulipan, Israel's brother
Shlomo Tulipan, Chaim's son
Samuel Binam
Samuel Wolf
Max Kohn, bar/restaurant, son Aaron
Asher Ader, son of Yechi Ader, the first Jew to live in Pilzno.  Asher died before the war.  Grandson Howard Ader lives in California.
Joseph Balsam, bar owner, killed in war
Jacob Katzner, Jacques Katzner's grandfather
Abraham Kienwald, cousin to Maurice Chilowicz
Wolf Berkowitz, died before the war; one son and two daughters survived
Moshe Eisner, his son Mundig, a lawyer, survived
Mechel Herbst
Ellie Apfel, shoichet, killed with his children in the war
Yechi Reiner, parents killed with their daughters; 2 sons survived