The Jews of Krakow and its Surrounding Towns

 

1935 Krakow Directory

Note: This data has been temporarily removed as it is being transferred to the main JewishGen site.

The 1935 Directory has an extensive listing of house occupants - both Jewish and non-Jewish - for most of the city of Krakow. Its importance lies in the fact that this was one of the last Directories issued prior to the Holocaust, and that the names of all family members are usually listed. It can be assumed that the vast majority of Jewish individuals listed in this Directory perished during the Holocaust. Over 2,300 surnames and about 4,000 first names have been extracted from the directory and are presented here. 

Unfortunately, this Directory was compiled alphabetically according to street name, making it particularly difficult to find a specific surname. The data has now been placed into a database in which one can search the surname (see Search Engine below).

Notes:

  • An attempt has been made to extract only Jewish names. Thus many names were extracted purely on the 'Jewishness' of the first name e.g., "Dawid", even though such names may also be found amongst non-Jews. Secondly, many surnames which may appear to be Jewish may, in fact, be non-Jewish e.g., surname "HOFFMAN". Therefore it should be borne in mind that some of the extracted names may not be Jewish. 
  • All surnames are capitalized. Where 2 surnames appear separated by a slash e.g., "BECKMANN / FLEISCHER", the second name is an alias.
  • Several maiden surnames may be found in the column titled "First Names". These are all capitalized and bracketed e.g., "(KATZ)". The Search Engine will automatically look for these names.
  • First names together with their nicknames or aliases are separated by a slash e.g., "Ruchel/Roza".
  • Double names are not separated by commas. Thus "Sara Lea" is a single individual whereas "Sara, Lea" are two separate individuals.
  • The 5th and 6th columns represent the old "District and House" numbering system. Until the latter part of the 19th century, Krakow was divided into districts, and houses were numbered according to district, rather than a street address. For example, House VII 28 would be the 28th house in District VII. It is not known when the change-over to a 'street address' system occurred, but we know that documents began to show the new address system in the 1880s.

(Document procured by Jakob Laor. Data extracted by: Sylvia Green, Flora Gursky, Judie Goldstein, Charles Mahler, Bruce Morgenstern, Julian Schamroth, Simon Srebrny and Judy Wolkovitch)