Chan Holocaust-Era Records

Żarki (Zharki), Janów (Yanov), Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Radomsko (Radomsk), Krzepice (Kshepitz), Mstów (Omstov), Pilica (Piltz), and nearby towns

19 Holocaust-era records for Chan and related spellings.

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Children With Lost Identity: a list of 2500 files of Holocaust orphans from Poland between years 1936-1945 (2455 persons; info at https://tinyurl.com/q2prw84) [H]

ID	The complete list	Sublist	Person	Surname	Date of Birth	City	Country	Archive No	Notes
10341	Originally at https://tinyurl.com/yyzjzfrn; now at Web Archive: https://tinyurl.com/y6zaht9x	Children With Lost Identity- C	Maria Chomowna	CHOMOWNA				1145

Częstochowa Book of Permanent Residents 1870-1930, Często Arch (about 16,250 persons); sample images: https://www.crarg.or…dents-1870-1930.php [H]

ID	Volume	Page of book	House number	Given name	Maiden name	Surname	Parents	Mother's maiden name	Birth date, place	Profession, other information	All surnames for persons in this family
15384	13	2455	145	Granek	----	KRAUZ	Jankiel & Dobra Ufner	UFNER	30 Jul 1877, Czestochowa	----	CHANA, KRAKAUER, KRAUZ, UFNER
15385	13	2455	145	Telcia	KRAKAUER	KRAUZ	Lewek & Chana	CHANA	15 Aug 1881, Zarki	With husband	CHANA, KRAKAUER, KRAUZ, UFNER
15386	13	2455	145	Szendla	----	KRAUZ	Granek & Telcia Krakauer	KRAKAUER	10 Jan 1907, Czestochowa	With parents	CHANA, KRAKAUER, KRAUZ, UFNER
15387	13	2455	145	Wolf Aron	----	KRAUZ	Granek & Telcia Krakauer	KRAKAUER	18 Feb 1913, Czestochowa	With parents	CHANA, KRAKAUER, KRAUZ, UFNER

Częstochowa: Rada Starszych w Częstochowie, USHMM, microfilm 2 (images 0001.tif-1002.tif); sample images: www.crarg.org/czesto…olocaust-police.php [H]

ID	File number	Number in list (if any)	Given name	Surname	Other information about this person	General description of this list (if any)	General description of information on this page	Typist comments
15881	Rada2/0785.tif	4186-3	Joska	CHUNY / CHANY?			Material in Polish (text, chart, graph, etc.)

Częstochowa Yizkor Book 1958, index pages 327-334; "Czenstochov: A New Supplement to the Book 'Czenstochover Yidn'"; translation at https://www.jewishge…wa/Czestochowa.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-d71d-00505686a51c (1519 persons) [H]

ID	Surname	Page number	Index page number - column number
10650	CHANA	260, 261	330 - 2
10651	CHANE	146	330 - 2
10653	CHAME	195	330 - 2

France: Concentration Camp at Vernet d'Ariège, France, 1939-1944: Jews from CRARG area of Poland [H]

ID	Source	Person	Surname from previous column	Date of entry	Date of birth	Place of birth	Parents	Surname from previous column	Occupation	Comments	Surname from previous column	Notes (not written by researcher)
10011	Archives Départementales, Foix, France	Mayer Handlarski	HANDLARSKI	8 Jun 1941	24 Dec 1902	Kaluszyn	Chil & Chana	CHANA	Tailor	Transport to Vierzon 8 Aug 1942, married Perla Serroyabroda in 1931	SERROYABRODA

Jędrzejów: Register of refugees from across the Bug River and a list of abandoned farms in the district, 1945, page 95, RG-15.831, zesp 1763, syg 121 (index of names in this material); part of Powiatowy Urząd Ziemski w Jędrzejowie (https://www.szukajwa…pol/-/zespol/113175); details: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15205643 (but no images) [H]

ID	Image file name(s)	Page(s)	Details, at the top of the page on which this list begins (or on the page before)	Order number	Surname and given name of the first owner	Surname copied from previous column	Village	Total landholding (ha)	Current user	Legal basis for use	Since when	Are there buildings there	Notes	Notes (by translator / typist)	Notes (not by translator / typist)
10003	21_1673_0_0_121.pdf	95	Oksa Commune Board (Węgleszyn Commune) / Oksa, 1 Mar 1945 / To the District Land Office in Jędrzejów / Below, I submit a list of ownerless farms under 50 hectares.	3	Berek Bekier, Chana Fajgenblat	BEKIER, FAJGENBLAT	Dąbie	2.80	Władysław Gromada	agreement	1942	House

Kielce synagogue: authorization for burial in the Jewish cemetery in Kielce, 1905-1935 (Załączniki do akt zgonu Okręgu Bożniczego Kielce); two images per record from Oct 1918 [H]

ID	Folder of images for this year	Image (perhaps also see image before and after)	Year	Akt number	Date of death	Town of death	Deceased's place of death	Deceased's name	Surname from previous column	Deceased's gender	Deceased's place of permanent residence	Deceased's age	Father of deceased	Surname from previous column	Mother of deceased	Surname from previous column	Spouse of deceased	Surname from previous column	Cause of death	Doctor	Other information	Comments by translator, typist, or proofer	Surname from previous two columns	Witness 1 name, age	Witness 1 surname	Witness 2 name, age	Witness 2 surname
10781	https://www.szu…ostka/16286545	21_122_0_-_2909_27_56026249.jpg	1915	24	8 / 21 Feb 1915	Kielce	Kielce	Josek Cyna	CYNA	male	Checiny	74	Zelman Chyna	CHYNA	Sura [maiden name not listed]		Ginda nee Rubinsztajn	RUBINSZTAJN	[not listed]	[not listed]

Łódź: In the Łódź Ghetto Oct 1939 - 16 Aug 1944; Name Registry of Murdered and Deceased Jews in the Łódź Ghetto, ITS Bad Arolsen Digital Archives, Sub-collection 1.2.2.1/11407146 (99 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Number	Person	Person, with Polish translated	Surname(s) from previous two columns	Date and place of birth, names of parents	Date and place of birth, names of parents, with Polish translated	Surname(s) from previous two columns	Place of death	Date of death (Polish: r = roku = year)	Names and addresses of witnesses	Surname(s) from previous column	Sources of information	Other text on page	Notes (not written by researcher)
10021	2	11	CHAM Sztajn Elza	CHAM Sztajn Elza	CHAM	14 Jul 1921 r. w Lodzi s. Joska i Estery z d. Zolta	14 Jul 1921 in Lodz son of Josek and Estera nee Zolta	ZOLTA	Lodz	Mar 1941	Markus Lyskier, Lodz ul Armi Ludowej 7	LYSKIER	Archiwum b. Sadu Grodz. w Brzezina II.Ns.IV.160/55

Poland: Lists of Polish Jews in Ghetto[s] to Receive Aid 1942 (V-mail; regarding V-mail, see: https://postalmuseum…bition/victory-mail) [H]

ID	Image file	Destination of Communication	Postmark	Sender address	Date	Person in Poland: Line number	Person in Poland: Given name	Person in Poland: Surname	Person in Poland: Town [k/=kolo=near; dla=for]	Person in Poland: Address	Other information	Surname from previous 2 columns	Typist notes
10285	DSC00042.JPG	Dr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 137630	Palestine; Postage paid	Representation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV	4 Nov 1942	239	Boruch Chaun	CHAUN	Opatow Kielecki	ul. Joselewicza 78

Poland: Register of Jewish Survivors II (Jewish Agency, 1945) [H]

ID	Digital file id	Page	Given name(s)	Surname(s) from previous or next columns	Place	Typing notes
17668	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Fajga	CHAME	Chelm
17677	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Jakub	CHANA DES	Lwow

Sweden: List no. 7 of Jews who arrived in Sweden after June 26th (Group 2); printed red at top of page 1: 8 Feb 1946? [H]

ID	Page number	Person	Surname from previous column	Date of birth	Last domicile	Identity card no.	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10132	11	Rubin Chana Friedmann	CHANA FRIEDMANN	16 Jul 1903	Rawa Masowiecka, Poland	[not listed]
10396	15	Fajga Najman Chana	CHANA	17 Aug 1920	Brzeziny, Poland	[not listed]

Żarki Yizkor Book; images at https://digitalcolle…3-c254-58d385a7b928 (540 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Given name	Surname	Comments
10189	321	Bendic	KHANE?	This surname not in Zarki name list or in Beider, "A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland"; is "Bendic" the surname?

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