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Welcome
This
web site is dedicated to the
study of Jewish family
history in the town of Radom,
Poland.
Location:
51°
25' 21° 09'
Other Names: Radom (Pol,
Rus), Rodem, Rudem
Nearest Large Cities: 93.2
kilometers (58 miles) S of Warsaw
What's
New
Virtual
Shtetl has added an excellent history
of Radom to its site.
The Visual
HIstory Archive of the USC Shoah
Foundation is now searchable for names which
are mentioned in Shoah interviews.
After you register you can do a search for
Radom and the name of interest and it will
pull up interviews in which the family name
is mentioned.
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Using
This Site
There is a great deal of information on this
site so if this is your first visit, please
explore. A few tips in making full use
of it....
If you
are looking for a specific
family name, please click on
the Names tab to get to the
name index. The Name
Index notes and
frequently links to mentions
of a particular name on this
site.
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hosted at no cost to the public by Jewishgen,
Inc., a non-profit corporation. If
you feel there is a benefit to you in
accessing this site, your JewishGen-erosity
is appreciated.
Please contact Susan
Weinberg with questions or
additional information on Radom.
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Planning a trip to Radom?
Radom
Today
On the Radom Today tab
you will now find a summary of key Jewish
sites in Radom and their locations.
Please don't hesitate to contact Susan
Weinberg if you are planning a trip
as I can help to connect you to resources
while there.
On the links tab you
will find links to several
articles on my travels in Radom
from my blog Layers
of the Onion.
While there I explored Jewish
Radom and did research at the
archives. If you are
planning a trip you may find this
useful.
Cemetery
The
key to the Jewish cemetery is held by
a woman who lives nearby. If you
are visiting Radom and want to go to
the cemetery, contact me to learn how
to access it.
In 2010 seventy-two long
hidden tombstones were built into a
monument known as the Lapidarium.
Articles on this discovery are found on
the Cemetery Tab and the Radom Today
tab.
A translation of these
tombstones is now available at the Cemetery
tab. It is referenced to the Radom
Book of Residents thanks to the assistance
of Moshe Michel Werber. Both Werber
and David Rosen assisted in the
translation. Jakub Mitek from the Arts
and Culture Center in Radom was kind enough
to go to the cemetery in the middle of
winter to take photographs. I've already
heard from several people who have found
family in those tombstones.
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What Was Radom
Like Pre-War?
Pictures
On the pictures tab
you will see a link to stills from
a homemade film of Jewish Radom
done in 1937. The quality is
poor, but it captures the
people and institutions of the
community in a rare pre-war
snapshot. It is easier to
view via stills so I have captured
many of the images.
My visit in 2011 was on the occasion of
exhibiting my artwork
based on that film some of which is found in
the header of each page. Accompanying me was
Dora Zaidenweber, a survivor who was 15
years old when the war broke out. Dora
shared her pre-war and ghetto period family
photographs in the exhibit. Her photos
had survived in the shoes of her husband and
her brother who grabbed photos and put them
in their shoes prior to being sent to the
camps. The exhibition occurred as part
of the Traces series, a focus on the former
Jewish community that the Resursa has
sponsored for several years. We found
great interest in Radom about the former
Jewish community that lived in their midst.
Family Histories
On
the Family History tab you will find
recollections of survivors who lived in
the pre-war community. Many who have
written a memoir have allowed us to
include the first chapter about their
life in Radom
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What Can I Find at the Archives?
While in Radom I found
many resources that I've included on this
site.
Archives
If you plan to do
research in Radom, read Using
the Radom Archives to
learn what is available there. Even if
you don't travel there, it may help you
in ordering documents.
Names
Research documents from 1822/23 are
available at the name link with the
patronymics and the new surnames which were
taken.
A list of Jewish names from 1813 are in a
downloadable excel spreadsheet, together
with profession. As these are
patronymics, the name they later assumed is
also noted.
Other documents list out the members of the
synagogue in Radom and surrounding areas in
1884/86. A list of surnames of
photographs of former Radom residents is
provided which can be located through the
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
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