892 pages, with many illustrations and photos.
About This Book
This book is the translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the destroyed Jewish Community of Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland, (in Hebrew: Sefer ha-zikaron le-kehilat Ostrov-Mazovyetsk) written by the former residents who survived the Holocaust (Shoah) or emigrated before the war. It contains the history of the community in addition to descriptions of the institutions (synagogues, prayer houses), cultural activities, personalities (Rabbis, leaders, prominent people, characters) and other aspects of the town. It also describes the events of the Shoah in the town and lists the victims. All information is either first-hand accounts or based upon first-hand accounts and therefore serves as a primary resource for either research and to individuals seeking information about the town from which their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents had immigrated; this is their history! The book was originally written in Hebrew and Yiddish in 1960, translated into English by volunteers in the Yizkor Book Project of JewishGen, Inc. and published by the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project.
Place Details
Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland is also known as: Ostrów Mazowiecka [Polish], Ostrov-Mazovyetsk [Yiddish], Ostrova [Yiddish], Ostrow, Ostrov, Ostrova, Ostrove, Ostreve, Mazovyetska, Ostrov-Mazovetskiy, Ostrow Mazowiecki
Book includes information about these towns too: Andrzejewo, Bialystok, Brok, Ciechanowiec, Czyzewo, Dlugosiodlo, Goworowo, Komorowo, Kosow-Lacki, Lomza, Malkinia, Nowogrod, Nur, Ostrolęka, Poreba, Pultusk, Rozan, Siedlce, Slonim, Sokolow-Podlaski, Szumowo, Tykocin, Warszawa, Wąsewo,Wysokie Mazowieckie, Wyszkow, Zambrow, and Zareby Koscielne.
Ostrow Mazowiecka is located at 52°48' North Latitute 21°54' East Longitude, 54 miles North-East of Warsaw
Alternate names for the town are: Ostrów Mazowiecka [Polish], Ostrov- Mazovyetsk [Yiddish], Ostroveh, Ostrova [Yiddish], Ostrów, Ostrov, Ostrove, Ostreve, Mazovyetska, Ostrov-Mazovetskiy
Nearby Jewish Communities:
Baczki 19 miles SSW
Brok 7 miles SSW
Kosewo 8 miles N
Małkinia Górna 9 miles SSE
Prostyń 10 miles SSE
Zaręby Kościelne 10 miles
Wąsewo 11 miles WNW
Poręba-Kocęby 11 miles SW
Poręba Średnia 12 miles SW
Andrzejewo 12 miles ENE
Szumowo 12 miles NE
Czerwin 12 miles NNW
Długosiodło 13 miles W
Goworowo 16 miles WNW
Śniadowo 17 miles NNE
Brańszczyk 17 miles SW
Stoczek 17 miles S
Kosów Lacki 17 miles SE
Czyżew-Osada 17 miles E
Łopianka 19 miles SSW