Explore Your Jewish Heritage in Wyszków, Poland, PHOTOS
Explore Your
Jewish Heritage
in
Wyszków, Poland
During our trip to Poland, my wife and I, accompanied by our
guide/translator/driver, Chris Malczewski, went to my father's home town,
Wyszków, about 35 miles NE of Warsaw. While there we met with Wojciech
Chodkowski, the President of the Town Council, and other officials. We
also spent time with a local architect, Wojciech Smolkowski, who had
some B & W pre-war photos of the town. Additionally, we visited the civil records
office and met with its head, Alicja Chelmicka. I found my father's
birth record; he was officially registered in 1920, although he was
born in 1913. We were interested in the records book for 1919, the year my great
great grandfather died in an accident involving an explosion of a
seltzer machine. We found his death record, but could not determine
whether anyone else was killed as a result of the explosion. Here are thumbnails and
links to larger photos that were taken in April, 2004,
when we visited Wyszków.
Wyszków Road
Marker
Crossing Bug
River into Wyszków
Entering Wyszków
Traffic Circle,
once Market Square
Former Jewish
Area of Wyszków
Recent Memorial
to Wyszków Native, Mordechai Anielewicz
Synagogue Once
Stood Here
Wyszków
Government Offices
Chris Malczewski
(guide) and Wojciech Chodkowski, President of Town Council
Jewish Cemetery
Project
One of Several
Plaques at Cemetery
Another Plaque
Another Plaque
Wall of Recovered
Tombstones
Tombstone of My
Great Great Great Uncle, Moshe Nuchom Rozenberg
Wyszków, Former
Market (Rynek)
Wyszków, Former
Market (Rynek)
Another View of
Former Rynek
Former Rynek
View of Bug
River, from Rynek
Architect,
Wojciech Smolkowski and Howard Orenstein
Gymnasium Model
Built by W. Smolkowski. Actual Rebuilding on Hold.
Wyszków Civil Records
Office, exterior
Alicja Chelmicka,
Director of Wyszków Civil records Office and Howard Orenstein
Records Book,
1919
