Sefer zikaron kehilat Wolomin
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Shimon Kanc Project Coordinator: Brian Snyder Layout and Name Indexing: Jonathan Wind Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Reproduction of Photographs: Sondra Ettlinger Hard Cover, 8.5” by 11”, 334 pages with original photographs
About This Book
All the colors of the rainbow were represented in Wolomin, from the extremist Hasidim to the Communists. There were craftsmen: shoemakers and leather workers, tailors and glaziers, blacksmiths, carpenters, bakers, butchers, carters and peddlers.
The Jews of Wolomin did not neglect their education and culture even in the most difficult moments. There were many educational institutions in the town, cheders and Talmud Torah, in which Jewish boys studied the Torah from the age of four.
The boundless idealisms, the total devotion of the Zionist activists come alive from the pages of the book. The flame of courage and the sacrifice of the pioneering youth.
The rich Jewish life came to a tragic end when the Germans occupied Wołomin. A ghetto was set-up on November 15th, 1940. Deportations to Treblinka began in August 1942 and the ghetto was liquidated on October 6th, 1942.
May this book serve as a memorial to those who lived in Wołomin.
Place Details
Wołomin, Poland is located at: 52°21' / 21°15'
Alternate names of the Town:
Wołomin [Pol], Volomin [Rus, Yid], Wołumin
Nearby Jewish Communities:
Radzymin 5 miles NNW
Marki 5 miles WSW
Okuniew 6 miles SSE
Rembertów 8 miles SSW
Praga 9 miles SW
Tłuszcz 10 miles ENE
Warszawa 13 miles SW
Falenica 13 miles S
Stanisławów 13 miles ESE
Jabłonna 13 miles W
Serock 14 miles NW
Otwock 15 miles S
Mińsk Mazowiecki 18 miles SE
Jadów 18 miles ENE
Dobre 18 miles E
Karczew 18 miles S
Jeziorna Królewska 19 miles SSW
Wyszków 20 miles NNE