More Photos from Belchatow
Before WWII

Click here to read a translation of Josef Reich's
  "Belchatow That Lives in My Memory"  
on the Yizkor Book Project site hosted by JewishGen.
It tells about life in pre-war Belchatow and "how the Jews of Belchatow stood up for their human dignity." 
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Click here to read a translation of Joseph Reich's
  "Belkhatov Without Jews"  
on the Yizkor Book Project site hosted by JewishGen.
It recounts his visit to Belchatow after the war and what he found there, including pieces of his father's tombstone. 
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Two men, possibly from Grocholice,
(a suburb of Belchatow). Who are they?

A couple, possibly from Grocholice.
Do you recognize them?

(Photographs provided by Jacob Jakobowicz)
 

Abraham Jakubowicz (from Grocholice) and a friend.

Rosa and Rivka Haft
(Rivka died in camps)

Arie Haft
(died in camps)

Chil Lajb Przedborski
(born in Grocholice in 1889;
died in Chelmno)

(Photograph provided by 
Jacob Jakobowicz, son) 

(Photographs provided by Arthur Haft, nephew)       

(Photograph provided by 
Yehiel Volchik, grandson) 

Sitting in front (starting 3rd from left): Ita Dzialowski, Jadzia [Yocheved] Szylit [Shilit], Chana Zeide (mother of Menachem Sharon), and unidentified Przybilsky.
Standing in back (from left): Rachel Szylit and sister.

(Ita disappeared during the war. Jadzia married Issacher (Sucher) Shotten and now lives in Israel.)

(Photographs provided by Louis (Ludwik) Dzialowski, son of Itzek)