My great grandmother Frieda Necha KANDEL was born in Strzyzow in 1860 (the photo is from 1913). Frieda married Josef SCHEINER, a schochet from the nearby town of Dubetsk. They emigrated to the United States in the late 1890s.
In loving memory of those who lived and died there, and of those who ventured out, I have created this web page, for they left us a wonderful legacy. I have collected all the data sent to me on Strzyzow and will continue to build this page as photographs, stories and records are made available.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the fate of the Jews of Strzyzow in 1942.....almost the entire Jewish population were killed. Much of the history of Strzyzow was told in the Yizkor Book, Sefer Strzizhuv, which was published in Tel Aviv in 1969; excerpts are now available on the web (thanks to JewishGen and a dedicated band of Jewish genealogists). Below you will find a link to this book which tells of a Strzyzow that was a small but vibrant.
If you are visiting this page because your family came from Strzyzow or one of the surrounding communities ....(within 10 miles was ....
Blazowa, Czudec, Frystak, Kamienic, Krasna, Niebylec, and Tyczyn) .....look carefully, as the spellings of all towns and even the surnames changed along with the governments and the official languages.
I hope you will find this page interesting and helpful. Please contact me if you have photographs or information to add, or any questions. As with any genealogical research, this is an evolving project.
Phyllis Kramer, Wilton, Conn & Savannah, Georgia
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We've collected a number of photographs of Strzyzow and we hope you enjoy viewing them. If you have one that's especially pertinent, please feel free to send it along (either as a photo or in jpeg format). Please email Phyllis Kramer.
Can anyone read the Yiddish that is on the sign??
Recognize anyone??
The late 18th Century Synagogue
is being used as a library today.
Let me introduce you to a wonderful woman. Her name is Chanale Kraut Kislowicz. She is pictured here at 92 in (where else?) Miami Beach, with her friend of many years, Lillian Scheiner Kramer. Chanale was born in 1902 in New York City. Her mother, Tessie Seidman, had married but was not happy here; so in 1910, Tessie packed up her 3 children and returned to her parents in Stzyzow, where her father was Dayan (Judge, Assistant Rabbi), and her mother, the daughter of Reb Avrohom Itzhok, ran the family's Bar and Grill. They lived in a large solid house, with many rooms.
Tessie's father was Alter Ezra "Yicheal" Seidman. Whoever was alive knew him. Life was easier, more familiar in Strzyzow.
Chanale told us the story of her wedding to Itcher Kislowicz: "all of Strzyzow's Jewish population came. We had a Chuppa near the shul, in the open air. Then everyone returned to the house for a party. The in-laws came and stayed for a week to celebrate the wedding. Music played a whole week, Klezmer music". The newly weds moved to Rzeszow, (pronounced "Cheshiv" in Yiddish). It wasn't until 1932, when, at the age of 30, she returned to ensure her citizenship, as Itcher was not a US citizen.
Chanale's daughter, Sally, grew up in Strzyzow; and she remembers 3 synagogues. Sally attended public school in Strzyzow; she told us ... I was a little girl; extremely sensitive; I was from special family but I wasn't treated that way. I hated the poles with a passion. We learned to read and write Polish, but I always felt anti-Semitism from the teacher. During the prayer, at the start of the school day, the teacher would look to see who bowed and who did not. Even today that is probably why I am so against in-school prayer. The teachers cautioned girls not to go to Hebrew School, that they would fail in public school. But I went anyway and even starred in a Purim play. My teacher found out and everyone went to look at my report card to see if I would fail, but I received As. Return to Table of Contents
In 1992 the US Commission reported on all the cemeteries in Poland. The report included the following information on Strzyzow's 3 Jewish cemeteries:
The first cemetery was/is located on Przeckawczyka Street, across from the synagogue. It was established in the 16th-17th Century. The cemetery is located in an urban area, isolated, without a sign or marker, but it is surrounded by a continuous fence. Before WWII the cemetery was about 500 square meters, but it does not exist now. It is currently owned by the municipality, and is used as a park.
The second cemetery report is on ul. Daszynskiego. The cemetery location is urban, isolated with no sign or marker. The cemetery is reached by turning directly off a public road; it has a piece of broken fence and no gate. This cemetery was 1,000 sq. meters pre-WWII. No stones are visible. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property. The cemetery property is now used only for recreational purposes.
The third cemetery is on ul. Wschodnia. The last known burial was during WWII. It was established in 1850. The cemetery location: rural, on a hillside, isolated with no sign or plaque. The cemetery has a piece of broken masonry wall and no gate. The cemetery was 500 sq. meters before and after WWII. 1-20 stones are visible with none in their original location and less than 25% broken. The oldest known gravestone is from the 19th century. The municipality owns the property. The cemetery property is now used only for Jewish cemetery purposes..
Anyone have any photographs or memories of these cemeteries??
The Census of 1900 showed Strzyzow with a total population of 2008, composed of 992 Jews (Israelisch), 7 Griech. Katholisch and 1007 Rom. Katholisch. Neighboring towns with a large Jewish population included Czudec with a total population of 1214 (410 Jews), Niebylec 687 (343 Jews).
The following list of current Galician records was taken from "Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories" by Miriam Weiner:
Has anyone ever gotton anything relating to these records from Poland ???
The 1891 Galician Business Directory contains only a few listings for Strzyzow. They are:
1880 and settled in her shtetl, Strzyzow.Jack1 Kandel, b. between 1830 and 1842 Strzyzow, Galicia
+Sara1 Kandel, b. circa 1840 Strzyzow, Galicia
The story of the Glatt family began with Eliezer (Leiser-Lejzor) Glatt, who was born in Ulanow, Poland in 
1869. Eliezer moved to Strzyzow to marry Sara Fuerst, daughter of Mendel and Devojre Fuerst, bakers in Strzyzow. The couple were married on April 18, 1894. 
From this union evolved six children, all born in Strzyzow. They were
Max; Lotte; Fanny; Bertha; Sally; Sophie; and Moritz Glatt. The whole family moved to Cologne, Germany after the end of World War I. All the children, married or unmarried at the time, eventually moved to Palestine, England or the United States due to the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Germany during the Hitler period.
As an aside, Eliezer Glatt died in Germany in 1932 and was buried in the Jewish Cemetery of Cologne, Germany. His wife, Sara died in Hadera, Israel in 1948. On or about 1956, their son Moritz had Eliezer's body transferred from Germany to Israel, where it was re-interred next to his wife Sara. They are now together in Kfar Haroe, Israel.