shtetlinks

Kamieńsk
Poland

Also known as:Kaminsk (in Yiddish)


Background

Kamiensk is located approximately 59 kilometers or 37 miles south of Lodz. The earliest known Jewish community existed in the nineteenth century. The Jewish population in 1921 was 856. During World War II, the Jewish cemetery was destroyed. The Jewish community of Kamiensk was not reestablished. Other Jewish communities in the "Radomsk Region" were located in Belchatow, Brzeznica/Nowa Brzeznica, Gidle (Gidzel), Kleszczow, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Plawno, Przedborz, Radomsko, Rozprza, Sulmierzyce, Szczulkow-Podszwierk and Wloszczowa.

Kaminsk: Life and Death of a Shtetl

Victor Breitburg, perhaps the sole living survivor born in Kamiensk, writes about his birthplace.

Maps

Map of Kamiensk region

Searchable Databases

Landsmanshaft

No landsmanshaft is listed in Israel for the town of Kamiensk. The Radomsko landsmanshaft may be contacted at:

Zvi Staub, 21 Hanavi Street, Jerusalem, Israel

Visit the Radomsko Yizkor Book online translation for links to Radomsko landsmanshaften.

Links

Contributors

Victor Breitburg, Philip Cola-Lejzerowicz, Shirley Rotbein Flaum

This site is dedicated to the memory of the Jews of Kaminsk.

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