Majdan
Majdan Królewski, Poland

Majdan / Majdan Krolewski 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:  Majdan Królewski, Maidan, Meidan, Majdan Kolbuszowa, Majdan Kolbasur, Majdan Kolbishor, Majdan Krowlewski

Administrative District:  Kolbuszowa 

Subdistrict - Judicial / Tax District:   Kolbuszowa (also Majdan depending on time period)

Location:

• 9.2 miles N of Kolbuszowa
• 25.5 miles NNW of Rzeszów
• Latitude:  50°23´   Longitude: 21°45

Jewish Population before the Holocaust: 565

Maps:

Holocaust:

• From Michael Huttner's travelogue: " Searching for My Jewish Roots"  [Full article under: Travelogues]:
  
  When the Nazis arrived in Majdan on September 12, 1939, they forced the Jewish residents to pour kerosene on the synagogue and then dance around it as it burned. Within weeks the Majdan Jews were sent to the ghetto in the city of Rzeszow. Most of them would later be shot in the nearby Glogow forest or gassed at the extermination camp at Belzec. Thus Majdan became one of the first towns known as "Judenrein," free of Jews. Hitler sent a personal letter to the local Nazi operator, Twardon, commemorating this perverse achievement
  
• Monument in Glogow Forest marking the place where the Jews of Rzeszow and neighbouring towns, including Majdan, were shot

History /Geography:

• In present day Poland Majdan Królewski is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo).  County (Powiat):  Kolbuszowa.  Rural Administrative District (Gmina):  Majdan Królewski

• Majdan (Majdan Królewski) had a Synagogue and a Jewish Cemetery

Resources:

• 1929 Majdan Business Directory  
• Translated 1929 Majdan Business Directory  
• 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:

• Photos of Majdan Cemetery and around town. Submitted by Michael Huttner.
• Photos of Majdan submitted by Don Krysakowski

• Entrance to Majdan

Travelogues: 

• Searching for My Jewish Roots.  Submitted by Michael Huttner

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 Majdan. 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.