The Jews of Krakow and its Surrounding Towns

 

Answers to Quiz #1

Question 1:  In the pre-1810 period, vital records (i.e., births, marriages and deaths) used patronymics instead of surnames. How would you interpret the name 'Samuel Jozef Wolf?
 
  1. Samuel, son of Jozef, surname WOLF
  2. Samuel Jozef Wolf (all first names), surname UNKNOWN
  3. Samuel, son of Jozef Wolf, surname UNKNOWN
  4. Samuel Jozef, son of Wolf, surname UNKNOWN
  5. C or D
  6. A, C or D
  
Answer: A, C or D
Question 2: Kazimierz is...
 
  1. The name of a Polish Emporor
  2. The name of the Jewish Ghetto in Krakow
  3. A separate 'town' within Krakow
  4. A village 200 miles NORTH of Warsaw
  5. All of the above
  6. B and D
  7. A, C and D
  
Answer: G
Question 3: Pre-1810 Krakow vital records usually have just one date eg., a birth record may have the date 21 Jul 1803. What does this date represent?
 
  1. Date of birth
  2. Date on which child was named
  3. Date of birth registration
  4. We don't know
  
Answer: We don't know.
Question 4: Which personality WAS NOT born in, or did not grow up in Krakow :
 
  1. Roman POLANSKI, film director and producer
  2. Sara SCHENIRER, founder of the worldwide 'Beis Yaakov' Seminaries
  3. Barry GOLDWATER, US politician whose original surname was GOLDWASSER
  4. Helena RUBENSTEIN, founder of the cosmetics firm that bears her name
  
Answer: Barry Goldwater
Question 5: A researcher looking into the surname 'SCHERER' should check the following possible alternate spellings:
 
  1. SZERER
  2. SHERER
  3. SZIERER
  4. CYRER
  5. A and B
  6. A, B and C
  7. All of the above
  
Answer: C, D and E
Question 6: Test your Polish genealogy terms! (strictly for non-Polish speakers). The following pairs of words are equivalent terms except:
 
  1. lat : age (years)
  2. gmina : community
  3. roku : in the year
  4. kucharz : merchant
  5. urodzenie : birth
  6. ulica : street
Answer: D
Question 7: The following are all synagogues (shuls) in Krakow except:
 
  1. Miodowa Synagogue
  2. Remu Synagogue
  3. Popper's Synagogue
  4. 'Old' Synagogue
  5. Wysoka Synagogue
  6. Izaak Synagogue
Answer: A
Question 8: Tour guide... learn your way around Jewish Krakow without even going there! Let's start with the Remuh shul. Which sentence is incorrect?
 
  1. In front of the Remu shul is a large square called 'Szeroka Square'
  2. Behind the Remuh shul lies the cemetery
  3. Opposite the Remu shul is a kosher restaurant
  4. Diagonally opposite (to the left) of the Remuh shul is the mikveh
  5. Walk out of the Remuh shul and look left. The house in front of you is where the famous LANDAU family lived.
  6. All correct
Answer: All correct
Question 9: Krakow Holocaust History. Which sentence in incorrect?
 
  1. German troops occupied Krakow in 1939
  2. Amon Leopold Goeth was the commanding officer of the Plaszow ghetto camp.
  3. The movie 'Schindler's List' took place in Plaszow, now part of Krakow
  4. Jews moved into the ghetto in Plaszow by March 1941
  5. The Plaszow camp was a branch of the Majdanek concentration camp
  6. All correct
  
Answer: All correct
Question 10: What is the URL of the Krakow Site? (We couldn't resist this one!) 
 
  1. www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Krakow/index.htm
  2. www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Krakow/index.asp
  3. www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Krakow/default.asp
  4. www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Krakow/default.htm
  5. www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Krakow/
  6.  C or E
  
Answer: F