Grebów Town Plans

Grębów Town Plans

Grębów Town Plans: Urban and Rural map of Grębów as it was before the war (1930's)

Susana Leistner Bloch’s notes:

This map represents Joshua Garfinkel's recall of what the town was like in the 1930's, before the war, before the Germans overran Galicia, before Joshua escaped to Russia and spent the war period there. It shows the town center and the rural districts near the town and the roads leading to nearby shtetlach.

Below are the shtetl names as used in Poland today and approved by the US Board on Geographic Names. Also names of some residents, Jewish names in caps. Some names could not be identified as shtetlach or surnames.

Although one cannot be sure, it appears that the map shows not only nearby shtetlach but also people who lived in the outskirts of Grębów.

Using the main roads crossing the town:

Top left:	Road to Rozvadov = Rozwadow	Zabrenia Domnah = Zabrnie Dolne
Road to railway station		Zabrenia Gorna =Zabrnie Gorne
Road toTarnobzag = Tarnobrzeg	Bottom right:	Middle right:
Mokshisuv = Mokrzyszow	Piasik District	Konet (name)
Stalov = Stalowa Wola	Yamnitsa District	Center right:
Yezurko = Jeziorko	Zapolednik (Shtetl)	Yankl KNOPF
	Paledza = Podleze	Berl GREENBAUM
Bottom left:	LEEVIE	Top right:
G. Sondach (name)	Dolanski	Yaakov LIEBERMAN
Salachetska	Laizer POMERANTZ	Rynek : Market Square
Yazvinieh	Dvor	City Hall (# 13)
Mientna = Mietne	Sulechuv = Sulichow
	Kravtsis = Krawce	Road to Rozvadov =Rozwadow

The numbers in the map coincide with the names as indicated in the list below. (The names and places were transcribed from hand written Yiddish / Hebrew to English by Sarah Fortgang)

1. GARFUNKLE	24. ZISSMAN
2. MARDER and BAGEL	25. Baleh REIBEH
3. Itzak FORTGANG	26. Itzchak LEIB
10. Iosef BIRNHACK	30.Asher KROIN : Kraus [ Kaus ?]
13. City Hall + Shtemkamp	32. Shmuel FLEISER
17. BITNER - SMILOVSKY	38. Laiser Wolf HAUSER
18. Shmuel BIRNHACK	41. Lazer GREENSPAN - ZINBAH
19. KOMITO	46. FORTGANG (Naftali Fortgang’s father)
20. Berl FLEISHER	55. SARUTSIK
21. David TESLER	56. LEIB - lawyer
22. Drug Store	58. Mottle VESTREICH ( Sarah’s grandfather)

Grębów Town Plans: Map of Grębów Urban District

April 2002

Sarah Fortgang’s writes:

Map of the urban district of Grębów.

This map represents Joshua Garfinkel's recall of what the town was like in 1945 after the war, when he came back from Russia, went to his family's home told the residents there that it was his, and they tried to kill him. His compatriot was killed in a similar case. Joshua ran away to a displaced persons' camp and then went to Palestine as an illegal immigrant before the founding of the state of Israel. He lived in Holon, near us. The maps were drawn for us when Joshua was helping us with details, names, dates, locations, etc - data for our joint family tree. We're kin. They were drawn by his hand on our dining room table, he left them with us, = the originals are with us. Except for the copies donated to KRRG for the Grębów webpage , there are no other copies. Joshua's wife also died, just recently. They had no children.

The numbers in the map coincide with the names as indicated in the list below. (The names and places were transcribed from hand written Yiddish to English by Sarah Fortgang)

1. GARFUNKLE	14. Steczyka Bank	29. Godelvski
2. MARDER - BAGEL	15. Kolko	30. Asher KROIN - KRAUS
3. Itzak FORTGANG	16. Police Station	31. Senatski
4. DETZ	17. BITNER and SMILOVSKY	32. Shmuel FLAISHER
5. Organist	18. Shmuel BIRNHACK	33. Yosef FLAISHER
6. Church	19. KOMITO	34. Mati Kah
7. Priest	20. Berl FLEISHER	35. Yan Miszvah
8. School	21. David TESLER	36. Bath House / Mikvah
9. Elkshevitz - Teacher	22. Drug Store	38. Laiser Woolf Hauser - Roofer
10. Yosel BIRNHACK	23. Mazur	39. Synagogue
11.GOLDWASSER - Tavern (Sarah's grandfather)	24. ZISMAN	41. Lazer GREENSPAN + ZINBAH
12. Yose Ludwig	25. Beila REIBA	42. Lassota
13. City Hall	26. Itzchak LEIB	43. Rotonovzki
	27. Tzerimein 27a. Traviner	45. Gurtiv
Rynek : Market Square	28. Golombovzki	46. FORTGANG (Naftali Fortgang's father)
		47. PETERZAIL

Grębów Town Plans: Original list in Yiddish / Hebrew of names and corresponding numbers on the maps.