Radomyśl Wielki, Poland

Groys Radomishle  - 

 

Radomyśl Wielki is included in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG). 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 KRRG 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 Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG).

Shtetl Variant names:   Radomyśl, Gross Radomyśl, Groys / Grois Radomyśl, Radimishil, Radimishle, Radimishli Gadol, Radomishel, Radomishl, Radomishl Vyelki /Wielke, Radomshla, Radomishle, Radomishli Rabati

Administrative District:  Mielec

Subdistrict - Judicial / Tax District:   Radomyśl Wielki

Location:

• 9.6 miles W of Kolbuszowa
• 34.1 miles WNW of  Rzeszów
• 8.8 miles SW of Mielec
• 6.3 Miles ESE of Sokolów Malopolski
• Latitude 50°16   Longitude  21°59’
• Altitude: 672 feet

Jewish Population before the Holocaust:   1,422

History/Geography:

• In present day Poland Radomyśl Wielki is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo).  County (Powiat): Mielec. Rural Administrative District (Gmina):   Radomysl Wielki

• Radomyśl Wielki was noted for flour milling and brickworks.

• Essay  by Mendel Eisland
• Pinkas Hakehillot Entry For Radomyśl Wielki. Translated And Submitted To The Yizkor Book Project By Lancy Spalter For KRRG
• In present day Poland Radomyśl Wielki is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo).  County (Powiat): Mielec. Rural Administrative District (Gmina): Radomyśl Wielki

• Gmina Radomyśl Wielki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Radomyśl Wielki, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Mielec and 56 km (35 mi) west of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of 159.64 square kilometres (61.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,641 (out of which the population of Radomyśl Wielki amounts to 2,912, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,729). Apart from the town of Radomyśl Wielki, Gmina Radomyśl Wielki contains the villages and settlements of Dąbie, Dąbrówka Wisłocka, Dulcza Mała, Dulcza Wielka, Janowiec, Partynia, Pień, Podborze, Ruda, Żarówka, Zdziarzec and Zgórsko.

• The entire Radomyśl Wielki Yizkor Book: Groys Radomishle un svive : yizker-bukh was scanned by The New York Public Library, Dorot Jewish Division.  All the pages can be viewed in the original format.

• Radomyśl Wielki - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maps:

• View Radomyśl Wielki via Google
• 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary showing Radomyśl Wielki
• Street Map of Radomyśl Wielki

Holocaust:

• The First Days with the Germans  by Haja Garen-Rozenblat (now Levi)
• The Liquidation of Radomyśl  by  Moshe Reiner
• What the Jews did for a Living  by Jechezkel Eisland
• Radomyśl Wielki - Partisan Warfare by Helena Aussenberg. Reprinted with the permission of Morty Miller, Editor
• "The Teacher of the Class is Gone"  Excerpt from Speech given by Krystina Pienkos during the Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Annihilation of the Jewish Community  of Radomyśl Wielki. Reprinted with the permission of Morty Miller, Editor
• Excerpt from speech by Anthony Ballarin. Given during the Radomyśl Wielki Commemoration, July 19, 1992.  Reprinted with the permission of Morty Miller, Editor
• The Radomyśl Ghetto was created in 1941 and liquidated in 1942 and had 1.300 Jews.  Those who survived were deported to the Belzec extermination camp
• Dr Josef Siegfried. Born in Radomyśl Wielki. An economist who graduated from the Universities in Vienna and Cologne. Before the war he was the representative of the Lublin Trade Company.

Radomyśl Wielki Cemetery:

Resources: 

• 1929 Business Directory
• 1929 Business Directory Translation 
• Radomysl Wielki School Signatures, from the 1926 Polish Declarations Of Admiration And Friendship For The United States.
• The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.  Type in the name of your town.
• Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen “All Poland Database”.This is a multiple database search facility, The “All Poland Database” enables researchers to find indices to vital and  related records from the independent JRI-Poland database as  well as entries from other databases.  The combined databases have more than 6.75 million entries for individuals living in areas now or formerly in Poland.  The database is a work in progress, and new entries are being added regularly.  http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ 

• Logan J. Kleinwaks Galicia Genealogy Indexer

Photos & Postcards and Videos:

• The Rynek / Market Square.  While in the past the square was used as a market, today it is a shaded green space dotted by statues, monuments and an old water pump.

• Radomyśl Jewish Community Massacre - July 19th 1942

Travelogues: 

Books / Bibliography:

• A Memoir of Jewish Life in Nineteenth Century Galicia Joseph Margoshes. Includes information on the Steglitz Family of Radomyśl Wielki
• The History of the Jewish Commune in Radomysl Wielki

Articles:

• Speech by Jan Ziobron. Given during the Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Annihilation of the Jewish Community of Radomyśl Wielki.  Reprinted with the permission of Morty Miller, Editor
• Speech by Eisig Leibowicz Made during the Radomyśl Wielki Commemoration, July 19, 1992
• Radomyśl Wielki, Poland.  Morty Miller’s visit to Radomyśl Wielki during the Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Annihilation of the Jewish Community of  Radomyśl Wielki.  Written and submitted by Morty Miller
• History of the Jewish Commune in Radomyśl Wielki by Jan Ziobron. Reprinted with the permission of Morty Miller, Editor

• Unforgotten Heritage

The People of Radomyśl Wielki: 

1)Faces:

2)Biographies:

3)Memories,  Reminiscences and Anecdotes:

• “The Murder"  by Menachem Porath (Mendel Wolf)
• The Three Betei Midrash
• Meir Kutsh by David Pelz

Links and Databases: When searching the links below, please remember that many towns in Poland have the same name. Make sure that the information you find refers to the shtetl you are researching.

Search for Radomyśl Wielki. The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen "All Poland Database" is a multiple database search facility, which incorporates all of the following databases: JRI -Poland,  Yizkor Book Necrologies, JewishGen Family Finder )JGFF), JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), 1891 Galicia Business Directory, 1929 Polish Business Directory, 1890-1891 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia, JG Discussion Group Archives, SIG Mailing List Archives and much much more. Search for any surname and /or town. the "Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Eastern European Archival Database" to see where some vital records are.