Skierniewice, Poland

Alternate names: Skernevitsy, Skernyevits, Skieniewice, Skiernivitz

Gubernia Piotrkow

Province Lodz

Region: Warszawa

Latitude 51°58' N
Longitude 20°09' E

Location: 41.0 miles WSW of Warszawa

Maps:
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Jewish Population in 1900: 3,069

Nearby Jewish Communities

Yizkor Books (2 Books):
* [Skierniewice] (Skierniewoice, 1993)
* Sefer Skierniewice (Tel Aviv, 1955)

Photographs relating to the Shtetl

Skierniewice Benevolent Society New York USA

Jakubowicz family of Skierniewice

Lodzers in London

Shoa in Skierniewice 15 October 1940

Extracts from LDS microfiche Birth. Marriages and Deaths 1846-1867 Jakubowicz/Szmulowicz families only
Jakubowicz families in Skierniewice 1849-1862
Jakubowicz families in Skierniewice 1863-1867
Szmulowicz families in Skierniewice 1852-1867

For a full list of LDS files held by LDS please refer to

http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/town/skierniewice.htm

Photos from Skierniewice 1947 included by kind permission of Rene Eisner

Selected extracts from LDS Microfiche indexes (all families)
Marriages in Skierniewice 1864
Births in Skierniewice 1865

Skiernierwice 1930 Trades Directory
Trades Directory 1
Trades Directory 2
Trades Directory 3

Visits to Poland and Shtetl

Reference book

I have a copy of an excellent book - Wlodarczyk, Edward. A History of the Jews of Skierniewice. Skierniewice: Propress, 1993.written by a retired non-Jewish Engineer living in Skierniewice. .The book writen in Polish has yet to find an English translator . The book contains tables and statistics relating to the Jewish population of the Shtetl among which are:

a. Lists of Jews who left property in Skierniewice. (67 addresses)
b. Properties owned by Jews between 1918 and 1939 (183 addresses)
c. Names of Jewish victims of the fire caused by Nazi bombardment September 1939 (126 names)
d. Names of Jews murdered by Nazis in the town 1941 - 1943 prior to deportation (55 names)

I should be happy to check references if you e-mail me.

i. Information relating to my family roots in Skierniewice Poland
ii. Lodzers ( emigrants from Lodz Poland ) in London late 19th Century

I have made a manuscript copy of the members of the Lodz Synagogue in London 1897

I should be happy to check references if you e-mail me.

The Jewish Chronicle Archives accessible online at www.thejc.com/archives has several reference to the Lodz Synagogue .membership etc

A graphic illustration of extreme difference in the of quality of life within the Lodz Ghetto between those

struggling to survive starvation and brutality and those who took on the role of leadership under the Nazis.

may be gathered from this website.

Photograph Archive containing pictures taken within the Lodz Ghetto 1941-1945 and elsewhere

Membership list of Skierniewice Benefit Association USA 1979

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