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The Rymanow Cemetery

Jan 2019

The Polish Cemetery Site at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/rymanow.htm has an excellent writeup of the Rymanow Cemetery. Text and photos are contributed by local Poles. The following are exerpts:

The Jewish cemetery in Rymanów - known by the residents as colloquially "a trench" - is located on the southern outskirts of the city, about 500 m from its center, south-east of ul. Calvary. The cemetery occupies a land plot No. 3143, with an irregular shape and an area of ??25176 sq m, located on a steeply falling hill in the west....[Some]graves became the goal of pilgrimages.... Until the mid-18th century, the cemetery served as a burial place for the deceased from Rymanów and towns subject to the local kehilla, among others from Brzozowa, Bukowska, Jacmierz, Jasienica Rosielna, Jasliska, Nowotaniec, Rogów and Zarszyn....Around 1915, a war cemetery was erected at the southern end of the cemetery. Soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army who were killed in a battle near Rymanów were buried there.

...During the Holocaust, the cemetery became a place of execution....In the 90s ohele was renovated and the cemetery area was fenced. The investment was carried out with the involvement of, among others rabbi Mendel Reichberg and the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage. Current cleaning works are carried out by a resident of Rymanów, Wojciech Bialas. ...In 2008, students from the Department of Culture and History of Jews at UMCS under the supervision of dr hab. Andrzej Trzcinski made an inventory of about 100 tombstones. The area of ??the cemetery is fenced with an iron fence. At the entrance there are two ohels, covered with a gable roof.

Ohel on the left protects the graves of: - tzaddik Zvi Hirsz son of Jehuda Lejb ha-Kohen, who died on November 20, 1846 (1 kislew 5607) - his son Josef ha-Kohen Friedman, after the death of the tsaddik's father in Rymanów, who died on May 1 1913 (24 Nisan, 5673).

In the ohel on the right side are: - tzaddik Menachem Mendel, son of Josef Charif from Rymanów, died on May 29, 1815 (19 ijar 5575), - Rebbe Rebeka, wife of Menachem Mendel.

...In the south-eastern part of the cemetery, the tombstones dated back to the 17th century have survived.... According to estimates, there are several hundred tombstones in different condition on the cemetery. It can be assumed that they constitute a small percentage of the pre-war number.

The Rymanow Cemetery

Nov06

I just received the following note and photographs regarding the Rymanow Cemetery from Michal Lorenc in Poland, and had to pass it along to all of you:


Dear Phyllis,
On 27th of October 2006 four members of the Society (I, my brother Adam, Jakub and Szczepan Materniak) tried to make some order at the Jewish Cemetery at Rymanow. We concentrated on the soldiers quarter, which was in a miserable condition.

See the pictures below.

We cut the trees, we trimmed the bushes,
we cut the grass and we cleaned all around the area. Our purspoe was to clear a wide path to the monument. You can see the shapes of the 8 tombs.

We have left two hawthorn trees (bushes?); they are attached strongly to the earth of Rymanow, as are the graves. The only remaining thing left is a macewa with German and Jewish letters on it.

Now we are collecting the pictures and the documents from the archives about the monument. We want to make the next project to restore it. The Foundation from Warsaw and Austrian Black Cross want to help us to make it happen soon. You can find more information about the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland at http://www.fodz.pl. We have some pictures and memories about the monument but we need more information from Your archives. We have some pictures and memories about the monument but we need more information from Your archives. Please give us an information soon if you have anything about the soldiers plot on Jewish cemetery. A lot to do in a front of us but we’ve made a first step!

You are always welcome to Rymanow, there are the people who are waiting for you. Rymanow and its past just deserve it.
(signed)

Michal Lorenc
Meeting-Rymanow
The Society is called Spotkanie-Rymanow what means “Meeting-Rymanow”, meeting of the cultures and religions, meeting of our dreams and thoughts. We want to create the positive spirit around the city. We need to take care of the Synagogue and the Cemetery and we would like to involve the young people from Rymanow.

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The Cemetery

Report October 1997.

The following is extracted from a report by Larry Marks in October of 1997:

The cemetery is about 7 blocks south of the town square, in a field 100 meters east of the Catholic cemetery. No current Jewish population. Caretaker with key: M. BIALAS at ul. Grundwaldzka, 9, 38-250, Rymanow Poland. The gate around it was funded by a Jewish charity (the one that is rebuilding the Kazimierz district.)

Noteworthy historical events involving or affecting the Jewish Community: 1) Two famous Hasidic rabbi's. 2)Birthplace of Nobel Physicist I. Rabi. 3) Noteworthy individuals who lived in this Jewish community and are buried in the cemetery: Rabbi Zwi Hirsch, and Rabbi Menachem Mendl. According to a sign the last known Jewish burial there was in 1942. Zarszyn, 9 km away, also used this cemetery. The cemetery is about 9 blocks from the synagogue. The cemetery is landmarked.

The cemetery location is in the small village, in a field 7 blocks south of town square. The cemetery is located on a hillside, but not too steep, more an incline. The opening of the gate is at the crown of the side of a hill. The cemetery is separate, but near other cemeteries and marked by a sign in Hebrew with a Star of David, and another sign in Polish. The sign reads as follows: "Stary smentarz zydowski na ktorym sa pochowani snani rabini meszkancy miasta oraz zolnerze ktorzy padli walczac o nepodlelosc polski smentarz byl czynny do 1942 r kiedy niemcy wypedzili zydow celem zaglady czesc ich pamieci". The cemetery is reached by turning off the street, parking across from the Catholic cemetery, walking east 100 meters through a field. The field land in owned by a public trust which allows the land to lie fallow. Access to the cemetery is open to all who go to see the caretaker to unlock the gate. The cemetery is surrounded by a relatively new continous cement wall with iron bars potruding vertically up from the cement base for about 7 feet and a gate that locks. Approximately 150 gravestones in a lot of brush. Many were removed for road work. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem which is disturbing stones and damaging stones (moss is growing on them). The cemetery contains tombstones that are flat shaped stones, common stones with carvings of animals, etc., finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, and double tombstones. Inscriptions on tombstones are in Hebrew and Yiddish.

The cemetery property is now used for Jewish cemetery use only. Properties adjacent to the cemetery are agricultural and residential, with about 6 wooden homes with agricultural plots. The cemetery is visited rarely. The cemetery is known to have been vandalized (stones overturned, broken or stolen, graffiti painted on walls or stone, etc.; graves desecrated). The cemetery has a regular caretaker. On my visit (unannounced) the caretaker was clearing brush from the cmetery and burning leaves. Within the limits of the cemetery there is more than one ohel.

The RYMANOW cemetery survey was completed in 1992 by the US Commission

(#POCE000731). The following is adapted from their report:

The cemetery in Rymanow is 500 meters southward of the market square. The caretaker for the Jewish Cemetery is: M. Biatas, ul. Grunwaldzka 9, 38-520 Rymanow.

The earliest known Jewish Community was in the 15th century. The Jewish population in 1921 was 1412. Two noteworthy Jews are buried in the cemetery: Menahem Menolel and Cwi Hirsch. The cemetery was used for Orthodox Jews. It is not listed as a monument. The cemetery's location is suburban, at the crown of a hill and isolated. There are no signs or markers. The cemetery is reached by turning directly off a public road. It is open to all. There are no walls, fences and gates.
The approximate size of the cemetery, 2.6ha; there are 100 to 500 gravestones, 50-75% of the stones remain. The cemetery is not divided into sections. Tombstones are dated in the 19th and 20th century. They are made of granite and some of sandstone. There are rough stones or boulders, finely smoothed and inscribed stone and flat stones with carved relief decoration. The inscriptions are in Hebrew and the cemetery contains a Memorial to Jewish Soldiers. There are also marked mass graves. It is used as a Jewish Cemetery. Ajacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery is visited frequently by organized groups or tours and private visitors. The cemetery is known to have been vandalized during WWII. In 1982 two ohels were built. There is no maintenance. Occasional clearing by private individuals, keeps the cemetery clean. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, damaging stones. Vegetation and vandalism are considered very serious threats. The cemetery is overgrown with young trees destroying gravestones.

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Rymanow Lists on the Web

Oct14

The Internet holds many new wonders. The following table of "Rymanowscy" results were retrieved from www.baza-nazwisk.de/erw-suche.php?. There were 237 Rymanow resident results from this archive.
Surname, First Name Source Occupation Translation
Achtel, Chaja 1942 list of Jews
Adler, Leib 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen Groceries
Adler, Leib 1939 business list Getreidelager grain storage
Berger, Josef 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Berteniel, Boruch 1939 business list Schlosserwerkstatt locksmith shop
Bielecki, Ignacy other city council member in 1938
Bodenstein, Leib 1939 business list Bäckerei bakery
Bodenstein, Moses 1939 business list Laden für Erdölprodukte shop for oil products
Bodenstein, Nachum 1939 business list Bäckerei bakery
Braun, Izrael Hersz 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Bucher, Aron 1939 business list Fleischerei (jatka miesna) butchers
Bucher, Jozef 1939 business list Fleischerei (jatka miesna) butchers
Bucher, Józef 1939 business list Fleischerei (jatka miesna) butchers
Buksbaum, Josef 1939 business list Molkereiwarenladen dairy store
Burstynowicz, Cywia 1942 list of Jews
Burstynowicz, Herschel 1942 list of Jews
Burstynowicz, Jakub 1942 list of Jews
Burstynowicz, Jonas 1942 list of Jews
Burstynowicz, Moniek 1942 list of Jews
Burstynowicz, Rozia 1942 list of Jews
Burstynowicz, Ruchla 1942 list of Jews
Cetnarski, Szymon other city council member in 1938
Chill, Moses 1939 business list Getränkeladen liquor store
Chill, Samuel other city council member in 1938
Cwas, Hana 1942 list of Jews
Dab, Hersz 1939 business list Handel mit Kälbern trade with calves
Debiec, Maria 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Cywa 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Esta 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Estera 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Herman 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Jakub 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Leib 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Mala 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Motek 1942 list of Jews
Edelheit, Perla 1942 list of Jews
Engerhard, Aron 1939 business list Lebensmittelladen grocery store
Epstein, Juda 1939 business list Schulzubehörhandlung school supplies for action
Estern, Bercer 1939 business list Kolonialwarenhandlung ???
Etra, Herszko 1939 business list zwei Restaurants two restaurants
Feit, Blima 1942 list of Jews
Feit, Fryda 1942 list of Jews
Feit, Herman 1942 list of Jews
Feit, Isok 1942 list of Jews
Feit, Jakub 1942 list of Jews
Feit, Tauba 1942 list of Jews
Fessel, Chuna 1942 list of Jews
First, Mosze 1939 business list Eisenwarenladen hardware store
Fischel, Mates 1939 business list Ziegelei brickyard
Fluhr, Chaja 1942 list of Jews
Fluhr, Juda 1942 list of Jews
Fluhr, Reila 1942 list of Jews
Fluhr, Ruchla 1942 list of Jews
Fluhr, Ryfka 1939 business list Eisenwarenladen hardware store
Frankel, Izaak 1939 business list Molkereiwarenladen dairy store
Frankel, Juda 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Friedman, Józef other kleine Erzählungen von ihm short stories by him
Fuerer, Benzion other Erinnerungen sind abgedruckt his memories were printer
Fuerer, Józef Mosze TBD
Garfunkel, Izaak 1939 business list Schuhladen shoe shop
Garfunkel, Zysio other Makabi soccer player during 1930s
Gatzler, Hera 1939 business list Galanteriewarenladen ???
Gersten, Helena 1942 list of Jews
Gersten, Heni 1942 list of Jews
Gersten, Leon 1942 list of Jews
Gersten, Maks 1942 list of Jews
Getzler, Cywia 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Glazer, Boruch 1939 business list Glaserei glazing
Glazer, Izaak 1939 business list Glaserei glazing
Glazer, Ryfka 1939 business list Schneiderwerkstatt sewing workshop
Gold, Szyja 1939 business list Backwarenladen pastry shop
Goldschmit, Moses 1939 business list Schlosserwerkstatt sewing workshop
Günzberg, Roza 1939 business list Süsswarenladen confectionery shop
Günzberg, Ryfka 1939 business list Süsswarenladen confectionary shop
Günzwig, Chaskel 1942 list of Jews
Gutman, Izrael 1939 business list Handlung für Schuhmacherzubehör action for shoe accessories
Halpern, Itzhak other wrote memoirs
Halpern, Jozef 1939 business list Getränkevertrieb beverage sales
Halpern, Naftali other city council member in 1938
Haskell, Gomindla 1939 business list Lederwarenladen leather goods store
Haskell, Moses 1939 business list Getränkeausschank beverage serving
Haskell, Mosze 1939 business list Baustoffhandlung building plot
Haskell, Srul 1939 business list Schuhmacherwerkstatt shoemaker's workshop
Helawi, Mosze 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Hessek, Stanislaw other city council member in 1938
Hillet, Benjamin 1942 list of Jews
Horowitz, Alter Mosze Eliezer TBD
Horowitz, Chaim 1942 list of Jews
Horowitz, Juda 1939 business list Papierwarenladen stationery store
Hupert, Hilda other wrote memoirs
Jakobowicz, Estera 1942 list of Jews
Jakobowicz, Józef 1942 list of Jews
Jakobowicz, Rafal 1942 list of Jews
Jakubowicz, Izaak 1939 business list Süsswarenladen confectionery shop
Jakubowicz, Pessah other wrote memoirs
Katz, Herman 1939 business list Hutladen milliner
Keller, Mosze 1939 business list Übernachtungsgewerbe accomodation business
Keller, Naftali 1939 business list Maschinen- und -zubehörhandel machinery and accessories trade
Kestenbaum, Josek 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Kohen, Cwi Hirsch other TBD little stories of him
Kohn, Leib 1942 list of Jews
Kohn, Tauba 1942 list of Jews
Kornreich 1942 list of Jews
Kosonocki, Jan other city council member in 1938
Kuflik, Chaim 1939 business list Keramikladen ceramic shop
Landau, Hersz 1939 business list Molkereiwarenhandlung dairy goods act
Landau, Mosze 1939 business list Lederwarenladen leather goods store
Leib, Szyja 1939 business list Süsswarenladen confectionery shop
Leiner, Moses 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Lejbowicz, Herman 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Lieb, Aron 1939 business list Getränkeladen liquor store
Liff, Reisla 1942 list of Jews
Majer, Jenta 1939 business list Lebensmittelladen grocery store
Maltenfort, Peisech 1942 list of Jews
Mann, Jakub 1939 business list Schlosserwerkstatt locksmith shop
Margules, Baruch 1939 business list Tapetenladen wallpaper store
Margules, Izaak Salomon 1939 business list Mehlhandlung flour action
Margules, Naftali 1939 business list Restaurant mit Billard restaurant with billiards
Markel, Binem 1939 business list Fleischerei (jatka miesna) butchers
May, Ascher 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Maziarka, Feiga 1939 business list Getränkeausschank beverage serving
Mendel, Menachem other TBD
Michalowski, Jerzy other city council member in 1938
Mincer, Aron Leizer 1939 business list Friseurladen barbershop
Monaster, Moses Samuel 1939 business list Farbenhandlung colors act
Moszkowicz, Srul 1939 business list Bekleidungshaus clothing store
Nadziekiewicz, Pawel other city council member in 1938
Nagler, Sasche 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Noger, Reine 1939 business list Gewürzhandlung spice action
Orenstein, Ruchla 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Ostram, Berta 1942 list of Jews
Ostram, Margot 1942 list of Jews
Ostram, Toni 1942 list of Jews
Pelzig, Alter 1942 list of Jews
Pelzig, Berta 1942 list of Jews
Pelzig, Jakub 1942 list of Jews
Pelzig, Klara 1942 list of Jews
Pelzig, Osias 1942 list of Jews
Pelzig, Ruchla 1942 list of Jews
Penner, Choim 1942 list of Jews
Penner, Herbert 1942 list of Jews
Penner, Regina 1942 list of Jews
Perl, Ryfka 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Pinkas, Bronia 1942 list of Jews
Pinkas, Hersz 1939 business list Getreidehandlung grain store
Pistrag, Hera 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Rabi, Isaac Isidor photo/other American physicist
Rechler, Berko 1939 business list Handel mit Därmen trade in intestines
Robinsohn, Hersch 1939 business list Getreidelager grain storage
Rosen, Chaja 1942 list of Jews
Rosen, Jakub 1939 business list (special)
Rosen, Jakub 1939 business list trade in raw hides
Rosen, Sara 1942 list of Jews
Rosen, Vetti 1942 list of Jews
Rosenzweig, Choim 1942 list of Jews
Rosenzweig, Hana 1942 list of Jews
Rosenzweig, Jakub 1942 list of Jews
Rotem, Jozef wrote memoirs
Rottenberg, Leib 1939 business list Lederwarenladen leather goods store
Rottenberg, Meir 1939 business list Möbelladen furniture store; also wrote memoirs
Rottenberg, Sara 1939 business list Galanteriewarenladen ???
Rozenblat, Mosze 1939 business list Getreidehandel grain trade
Rubinsohn, Sara 1942 list of Jews
Rymer, Szaja 1939 business list Süsswarenladen confectionery shop
Sandecki, Franciszek other city council member in 1938
Sapecki, Stanislaw other city council member in 1938
Schachner, Idale Zinger 1939 business list Schirmreparaturwerkstatt screen repair shop
Schachner, Lazar 1939 business list Hebräisch-Schule Hebrew school
Schachner, Moses 1939 business list Seidenwarenhandlung silks act
Scharmot, Ruchla Estera 1939 business list Leinenhandlung line of action
Schechter, Roza 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Scherer, Cecylia 1942 list of Jews
Schreiber, Josek 1939 business list Backwarenladen pastry shop
Schwarz, Mozes 1942 list of Jews
Seelenfreund, Mosze wrote memoirs
Seelenfreund, Salomon other Kaufmann und Gemeindevorsteher businessman and community leader; also city council member in 1938
Silberman, Chaim 1939 business list Süsswarenladen confectionery shop
Simon, Boruch 1939 business list Kalkhandel lime trading
Singer, Pesia 1939 business list Getränkeladen liquor store
Soltysik, Jan other city council member in 1938
Spiera, Juda 1942 list of Jews
Spiera, Lea 1942 list of Jews
Spiera, Zygmunt 1942 list of Jews
Spira other goalkeeper in Makabi soccer team during 1930s
Spira, Rachela 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen + Uhrmacherwerkstat groceries + ???
Sponder, Chaim 1939 business list Schneiderwerkstatt sewing workshop
Sponder, Herman other Gallentry store??? city council member in 1938
Sponder, Szaja 1939 business list Schneiderwerkstatt sewing workshop
Sponder, Tobias 1939 business list Fischhandlung fishmonger
Staff, Mosze 1939 business list Sägewerk sawmill
Stary, Abram 1939 business list Bäckerei bakery
Stidel, Franciszek other city council member in 1938
Stoff, Samuel other city council member in 1938
Szczek, S. TBD
Szmyd, Andrzej other city council member in 1938
Teitelbaum, Alter 1942 list of Jews
Teitelbaum, Jakub 1942 list of Jews
Teitelbaum, Rosa 1942 list of Jews
Tobiasz, Josek 1939 business list Böttcherwerkstatt cooper's workshop
Tuchman, Jakub 1939 business list Getränkeausschank beverage serving
Verständig, Berta 1942 list of Jews
Verständig, Dawid 1942 list of Jews
Verständig, Józef 1942 list of Jews
Verständig, Mania 1942 list of Jews
Verständig, Miskel 1942 list of Jews
Vogel Stary, Fryda TBD
Wald, Hersz other paint shop city council member in 1938
Waltman, Dawid 1939 business list Lebensmittelladen grocery store
Wasielewski-Polonina, Jedrek TBD
Wasielewski-Polonina, Jedrek TBD
Wassenstrug, Abram 1939 business list Bekleidungshaus clothing store
Weinberger, Israel 1939 business list trade in raw hides
Weinrel, Bronislawa 1942 list of Jews
Weinrel, Helena 1942 list of Jews
Weinzberger, Cwi TBD
Weinzberger, Jakov TBD
Weinzberger, Nahum TBD
Weitzman, Rachele 1939 business list Baustoffhandlung building plot
Wenig, Josek other Makabi soccer player during 1930s
Wimer, Chana 1939 business list Seidenwarenladen silk store
Wimme, Dawid other city council member in 1938
Windholz, Helena 1942 list of Jews
Wlodarczyk, Mariusz TBD
Wolf, Abraham 1939 business list Schuhladen shoe shop
Wolf, Gucia 1939 business list Süsswarenladen confectionery shop
Wolf, Markel 1939 business list Viehhandel cattle trade
Wolf, Markel 1939 business list Friseurladen barbershop
Wolf, Menasche 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Wolf, Moses 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Wolski, Józef TBD
Zigler, Chaja 1939 business list Schulzubehörhandlung school supplies for action
Zitronenbaum, Chawa 1939 business list Posamentenladen ???
Zitronenbaum, Izaak 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries
Zukerman, Blima 1939 business list Gemischtwarenladen groceries

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