Major places already researched
TOWN |
OTHER NAMES |
COUNTRY |
DISTANCE FROM CRACOW |
DESCRIPTION |
| Banska Bystrica |
Banska Bistrica |
Slovakia | 214 km / 133 ml | Museum of Slovak National Uprising. Holocaust in Slovakia data. |
| Bardejów | Bardejov Bardiów |
Slovakia | 210 km / 130 ml | Jewish complex of synagogue , beit-ha-midrash and mikva. Bikur Holim synagogue, Jewish cemetery. |
| Barszczew | Borsciv | Ukraine | 500 km / 310 ml | Tarnopol district. Eastern Galicia. Monument to former Jewish community on the place where once the Jewish cemetery was located. |
| Będzin | Bedzin | Poland | 70 km / 44 ml | Jewish cemetery , community buildings. Mizrahi synagogue. |
| Białystok | Bialystok | Poland | 450 km / 279 ml | Piaskover Beit Midrash Site of the Great Synagogue, Cytron Beit Midrash, The New Jewish Cemetery. A large ghetto was established by the Nazis. In 1942 Jews were deported to Treblinka. |
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Bobowa |
Bobov |
Poland | 115 km / 71 ml |
Decorated aron ha kodesh in a preserved synagogue. Jewish cemetery. |
| Bratislava | Bratislav, Bratyslawa |
Slovakia | 396 km / 246 ml | The only remaining synagogue in Bratislava, the Orthodox Heydukova Street synagogue. |
| Brezovica nad Torysu |
Brezowica | Slovakia | 190 km / 118 ml | Jewish cemetery. |
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Brzozów |
Brzozow |
Poland |
170 km / 106 ml |
Jewish settlement began in the XVIII cent. with Austrian rule. Economic conditions deteriorated between the world Wars due to Zionist influences. In 1941 there was a ghetto established. Most of remaining Jews were executed in the nearby forest in summer of 1942. Memorial place now. |
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Chmielnik |
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Poland |
115 km / 71 ml |
Synagogue building. Jewish cemetery. Jewish culture festival organized every year. |
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Cholewiana Gora |
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Poland |
172 km / 107 ml |
Place where there used to be Jewish inn “Austeria” |
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Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Landsberg an der Warthe |
Poland |
478 km / 297 ml |
Jews were probably living here already in XIV cent. At the beginning of the XX cent., thee were branches of the Central Union, the Union for Liberal Judaism and B’nei B’rith lodge. The local branch of the German Zionist Organization and a Hehalutz group, founded in 1934, were active in helping community members to emigrate. Those, who failed to emigrate (around 95) were probably deported to the east. |
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Inowłódz |
Inowłódz |
Poland |
176 km / 109 ml |
Jews first settled here in the first half of XVI cent. In August 1942 the Germans expelled 500 Jews to the Tomaszow-Mazowiecki ghetto. The building of the XIX cent. synagogue remains. Recently it has been renovated and changed into a shop. |
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Jarosław |
Jaroslaw |
Poland |
218 km / 135 ml |
Two synagogue buildings. Jewish cemetery well preserved. |
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Jozefów |
Josefov |
Poland |
282 km / 175 ml |
Large synagogue building. Reconstructed Jewish cemetery. |
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Kadzidło |
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Poland |
420 km / 261 ml |
The Jewish settlement in this village began in the early XIX cent. No traces left. |
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Kielce |
Kielc |
Poland |
128 km / 79 ml |
Synagogue changed into archives. Jewish cemetery site marked. Monument to the Pogrom victims. |
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Kolbuszowa |
Kolbuszow |
Poland |
166 km / 103 ml |
Synagogue, well preserved Jewish cemetery. Very interesting city coat of arms with Star of David. |
| Konin | Conin | Poland | 392 km / 243 ml | Synagogue, well preserved Jewish cemetery. Very interesting city coat of arms with Star of David. |
| Kosice | Slovakia | 260 km / 162 ml | Orthodox synagogue from 1927, Jewish cemetery from XIX century. Zvonarska st. synagogue, neology synagogue , kosher canteen. | |
| Krasnik | Krasnik | Poland | 253 km / 157 ml | Two synagogues with traces of decorations . Jewish cemetery , mikva building. |
| Lipany | Lipiany | Slovakia | 185 km / 115 ml | Jewish cemetery. |
| Liptovsky Mikulas |
Liptowski Mikulasz |
Slovakia | 165 km / 102 ml | Impressive synagogue designed by Lipot Baumhorn. |
| Poland | 269 km / 167 ml | Two Jewish cemeteries. Yeshivat Chachamei Lublin ? The Lublin Academy of Sages. Chevrat Nossim synagogue. Majdanek Nazi concentration and death camp. | ||
| Lvov, Lemberg, Lwów |
Ukraine | 350 km / 217 ml | First Jews came here already in the XX cent. Later they were joined by Jews from Germany and Poland. After the annexation to the Polish Kingdom in 1349, the Jewish community expanded, especially the German element, whose language and culture ultimately prevailed. Jews were strongly engaged in various trade. In XIX century Lviv was a capital of Galicia. During WW II a large ghetto was organized there. Ghetto population was deported to Belzec Extermination Camp. | |
| Mielec | Milic | Poland | 140 km / 87 ml | Two devastated cemeteries , site of the synagogue, memorial place. |
| Muszyna | Poland | 150 km / 93 ml | Jewish cemetery , place where synagogue used to be standing | |
| Nowy Korczyn | Poland | 78 km / 49 ml | Synagogue , Jewish cemetery | |
| Nowy Sącz | Zantz, Noyzantz |
Poland | 107 km / 66 ml | Destroyed Jewish cemetery with ohel restored for the Halberstam family. Grodzka synagogue changed into a gallery and museum. Beys Nusn – shtibleh – prayer house. |
| Lesko | Linsk, Lisk |
Poland | 277 km / 172 ml | Defensive synagogue building. Jewish cemetery partly preserved. |
| Leżajsk | Lizhansk, Lezhansk |
Poland | 210 km / 130 ml | Local cemetery partly preserved. Ohel of Elimeilech of Lezajsk. Mikvah building. |
| Poland | 180 km / 112 ml | Jewish community with a wooden synagogue and cemetery existed here from the late XVI cent. Worth visiting at present: Potocki's family residence Jewish related places: cemetery and restored synagogue from 18th century with beautiful polychromies, authentic bima and with the exhibition of Jewish art. |
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| Ostrołęka | Poland | 384 km / 239 ml | Matzewots found on the territory of former Jewish cemetery. | |
| Oshpitzin, Oshvitzin, Oyshvitzim, Auschwitz | Poland | 60 km / 37 ml | Synagogue building from XX century. Prayer house of Bobowa Hasids. Jewish Cemetery. | |
| Pińczów | Poland | 90 km / 56 ml | The Old Synagogue from XVII century. | |
| Piotrków Trybunalski | Petrikaw, Petrokov, Petrikov, Piotrkov |
Poland |
161 km / 99 ml | Cemetery and a former synagogue building One Jewish cemetery with over 1000 matzevot remains, which also includes a symbolic grave as a monument to the executed ghetto inhabitants. A former synagogue building and beit ha-midrash with a Hebrew mural still visible have also survived. |
| Poprad | Slovakia | 170 km / 103 ml | One synagogue. Commemoration plaque for the first women transport send to Auschwitz in March 1942. | |
| Poznań | Posen | Poland | 450 km / 280 ml | Synagogue now changed to swimming pool. |
| Presov | Preszów | Slovakia | 210 km / 130 ml | Jewish Museum – synagogue, a house of prayer, a Jewish school, a rabbinate, a ritual slaughter house Jewish cemetery |
| Przemyśl | Premishla, Premishle |
Poland | 251 km / 155 ml | Local National Museum has some Judaica collection. Jewish cemetery. Two synagogues. |
| Radomsko | Novo Radomsk, Radomsk | Poland | 125 km / 78 ml | One Jewish cemetery remains, with over 1000 matzevot and the ohel of the Radomsker Rebbe, making the cemetery a regular pilgrimage site. A memorial plaque commemorates mass executions and victims of the ghetto. One glass case of Judaica in local Museum. |
| Radoszyce | Radoszyc | Poland | 160 km / 100 ml | House of rebbe. Jewish cemetery. |
| Radzymin | Poland | 299 km / 186 ml | Jewish cemetery | |
| Rymanów | Poland | 233 km / 144 ml | Restored synagogue. Cemetery with restored ohels. | |
| Rzeszów | Rayshe, Reyshe, Rishe | Poland | 162 km / 101 ml | Old Town Synagogue (referred to as the Small One) – built in XVI century in a baroque style. It was renovated several times. After being destroyed by Nazis, it was completely rebuilt during the period of 1953-1963. At present it houses the Archives of the Province. New Town Synagogue (referred to as the Big One). Coming from XVIII century, it was reconstructed and expanded after WW II with the intention to house the seat of the Bureau for Art Exhibitions. Jewish cemetery. |
| Sandomierz | Sudomir, Tzoyzmir |
Poland | 222 km / 138 ml | The synagogue and kahal house. Jewish cemetery with a monument. |
| Sanok | Sanuk, Sanik, Sonik |
Poland | 189 km / 117 ml | The Chasidic synagogue which houses archives at present. One of the two original cemeteries also remains. |
| Sejny | Poland | 530 km / 330 ml | The White Synagogue and Yeshivah, Jewish cemetery. | |
| Sieniawa | Poland | 222 km / 137 ml | Jewish cemetery | |
| Sokołów Malopolski | Poland | 172 km / 107 ml | The best preserved in the region cemetery with 300 matzevot coming from XVII-XXcentury. In the place of the old cemetery there stands a rebuilt ohel with matzewot, remembering Rabbi Meilech Weichselbaum. A former synagogue building was also preserved. |
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| Sosnowiec | Sosnovice, Sosnovitz, Sosnovyets | Poland | 64 km / 40 ml |
It is a fairly new city (only 100 years old) but two Jewish cemeteries remain there. Moreover, it has a memorial plaque to the Ghetto victims in the city. Majority of the ghetto population is deported to Auschwitz. Birth place of Wladyslaw Szpilman. |
| Spała | Poland | 176 km / 109 ml | Local community was under the Inowludz kahal. | |
| Stropkov | Stropków | Slovakia | 220 km / 137 ml | Two Jewish cemeteries |
| Svidnik / Ladomirova | Swidnik | Slovakia | 208 km / 129 ml | Jewish cemetery |
| Tarnobrzeg / Dzików | Poland | 150 km / 93 ml | A synagogue and a cemetery with reconstructed ohel. | |
| Tarnopol | Ukraine | 430 km / 267 ml | Jewish cemetery | |
| Tornev, Torne, Tarna |
Poland | 83 km/ 52 ml | This used to be the forth city in Galicia when it comes to the number of Jews living there and the first one, when looking at their percentage amount. For this reason there still can be found a lot of Jewish historic sites like synagogues or their remnants, one of the oldest cemeteries in southern Poland, building of former Mikvah etc. | |
| Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Tomashov Mazovyetsk, Tomashov Rawski | Poland | 176 km / 109 ml | One Jewish cemetery remains. |
| Trnawa | Slovakia | 351 km / 218 ml | Status Quo Synagogue Orthodox Synagogue | |
| Tykocin | Slovakia | 471 km / 292 ml | Synagogue built in 1642. Unique city outlay preserved. Devastated Jewish cemetery. | |
| Włodawa | Vladova, Vlodowa, Vlodave |
Poland | 416 km / 258 ml | Synagogue complex of three buildings and a museum. |
| Vilnius | Vilna, Wilno, Vilniaus |
Lithuania | 900 km / 559 ml | Torat Hakodesh Synagogue, Jewish Museum of Vilnius, Museum of Gaon of Vilnius, Chiune Sugihara Monument , Paneriai/ Palmiry Forest |
| Breslau | Poland | 268 km / 166 ml | One synagogue survived. Two Jewish cemeteries. | |
| Zamość | Zamosc, Zamoysc |
Poland | 318 km / 197 ml | Renaissance synagogue, Kahal house and cheder, mikveh building. The city complex inscribed into the UNESCO Heritage List. |
| Zawichost | Poland | 173 km / 107 ml | Place where the synagogue used to be standing, small monument at the devastated Jewish cemetery. |
Other villages, towns and cities which we have researched in the past:
| Augustów Biala Rawska Bialystok Bilgoraj Bochnia Brzeg Bydgoszcz Chelm Checiny Chmielnik Chojna Czerna Czersk Debica Dzialdowo Dzialoszyce Gdansk Goldap Goraj Gorzów Wielkopolski Inowroclaw Kadzidlo Kaluszyn Katowice Kazimierz Górny Klodzko Konin Koszalin |
Kowno Krasnystaw Krasnik Krosno Lezajsk Lezajsk Lichwin Lubliniec Lomza Lódz Miechów Minsk Mlawa Muszyna Naleczów Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Nowy Sacz Nowy Targ Olsztyn Opole Pabianice Pilzno Poznan Pruchnik Przedbórz Przemysl Radoszyce Ropa |
Rzeszów Sarnaki Siekierki Skierniewice Skulsk Skwierzyna Slonim Sokolów Malopolski Sopot Stary Sacz Szczecin Szydlów Swidnica Tarnobrzeg Tarnów Tomaszów Mazowiecki Tykocin Urzedów Ustrzyki Górne Wieliczka Wisnicz Wlodawa Wlodawa Zabludów Zaklików Zamosc Zawichost Zielona Góra |
