Chorowicz Holocaust-Era Records

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60 Holocaust-era records for Chorowicz and related spellings.

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Częstochowa BMD 1939-1942 deaths; Często Arch [H]

ID	Reg year	Akt	Death place, date	Registration place, date	Deceased, age, profession, etc	Deceased surname	Father of deceased	Father surname	Mother of deceased	Mother maiden name	Spouse	Spouse maiden name or surname	Survived by	Survivors maiden name(s) or surname(s)	Witness 1	Witness 1 surname	Witness 2	Witness 2 surname	Other information	Surname(s) from previous column	Image(s)	Notes by translator	Notes (not by translator)
12493	1942	669	Częstochowa, 22 Aug 1942	Częstochowa, 24 Aug 1942	Laja Chorowicz, born Częstochowa 10 Jul 1942	CHOROWICZ	Izrael Szyja		Sura Rywka née Ajbeszyc	AJBESZYC					Szlama Majzler, employee Jewish Community		Herszlik Mitelman, employee Jewish Community		Laja died at 11:00 in Częstochowa, ul. Nadrzeczna 20		www.crarg.org/i…054-UmZFbs.jpg

Częstochowa BMD 1939-1942 marriages; Często Arch; for information on notary records, see https://www.crarg.org/notary-records.php [H]

ID	Reg year	Akt	Date and place of event	Date and place of registration	Groom, age, profession, city, and (starting in 1916) street address	Groom surname	Groom's father	Groom's father surname	Groom's mother	Groom's mother maiden name	Bride, age, city, and (starting in 1916) street address	Bride surname	Bride's father	Bride's father surname	Bride's mother	Bride's mother maiden name	Witness 1	Witness 1 surname	Witness 2	Witness 2 surname	Other information on the page	Surname(s) from previous or next columns	Image(s)
10300	1940	31	4 Feb 1940, Częstochowa	4 Mar 1940, Częstochowa	Chaim Rajber, bachelor, born Kamyk 28 Dec 1911, permanent resident Kamyk	RAJBER	Kopel Rajber	RAJBER	Chana née Grousman	GROUSMAN	Frymeta Chorowicz, unmarried, born Rędziny 22 Aug 1912, permanent resident Rędziny	CHOROWICZ	Rachmil Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Fajga née Zelkowicz	ZELKOWICZ	Symcha Wolberg, painter, living in Częstochowa ul. Warszawska 100/102	WOLBERG	Mojżesz Asz, employee of the Jewish community in Czestochowa				www.crarg.org/i…017-R4zqfA.jpg
10311	1940	42	9 Mar 1940, Częstochowa	12 Mar 1940, Częstochowa	Herszlik Herszlikowicz, bachelor, born Częstochowa 28 Apr 1913, living in Częstochowa ul. Garncarska 18	HERSZLIKOWICZ	Dawid Herszlikowicz	HERSZLIKOWICZ	Chana née Berkowicz	BERKOWICZ	Rywka Ruchla Chorowicz, unmarried, born Mstów 10 Dec 1913, living in Częstochowa ul. Senatorska 7	CHOROWICZ	Jankiel Icek Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Sura née Wolfowicz	WOLFOWICZ	Aron Horowicz, estate owner, living in Częstochowa ul. Najświętszej Marii Panny 32	HOROWICZ	Abram Federman, tailor, living in Częstochowa ul. Narutowicza 6	FEDERMAN			www.crarg.org/i…023-6DdYMq.jpg
10817	1941	34	1 Dec 1940, Częstochowa	12 Feb 1941, Częstochowa	Moszek Mendel Cukierman, bachelor, born Częstochowa 15 Feb 1915, living in Częstochowa ul. Kidrzyńska 40	CUKIERMAN	Izrael Cukierman	CUKIERMAN	Rywka née Altman	ALTMAN	Sura Szprynca Chorowicz, unmarried, born Książ Wielki 10 May 1916, living in Częstochowa ul. Mostowa 17	CHOROWICZ	Alter Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Laja née Szwimer	SZWIMER	Mordka Kobryner, tailor, living in Częstochowa ul. Senatorska 18	KOBRYNER	Jankiel Chojnacki, worker, living in Częstochowa ul. Warszawska 35	CHOJNACKI			www.crarg.org/i…021-qWDTaz.jpg
11250	1942	176	26 Jul 1942, Częstochowa	28 Jul 1942, Częstochowa	Izrael Chaim Zylber, bachelor, born Opoczno 9 Apr 1906, living in Częstochowa ul. Najświętszej Marji Panny 5	ZYLBER	Jakub Icek Zylber	ZYLBER	Frajdla née Gliksman	GLIKSMAN	Chaja Ides Chorowicz, unmarried, born Przedbórz 17 Sep 1905, living in Częstochowa ul. Najświętszej Marji Panny 5	CHOROWICZ	Josek Boruch Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Gitla née Gotlib	GOTLIB	Herszlik Mitelman, worker in the Rabbinate		Mojzesz Asz, worker in the Rabbinate		Bride signs surname as Horowicz	HOROWICZ	www.crarg.org/i…26-x5xOvE.jpeg

Częstochowa: Regional Liquidation Office in Częstochowa 1949-1950, USHMM RG-15.327, syg 401 [H]

ID	Document start page, part 1	Document start page, part 2	Page(s)	Number (first page)	Description of the property, and location	Gardens, garages, outbuildings etc.	To whom did it belong	Surname from previous column	Currently administered by	Notes	Other information	Notes by transcriber / translator	Surname from previous columns	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10592	Rejonowy Urząd Likwidacyjny w Częstochowie 1949-50 syg 49	Rędziny District compilations and correspondence	26	13	Rędziny house		Luzer Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ			Transferred to District Administration 29 May 1946; entirely reprivatized	Documents from different dates in 1948

Kielce: list of city council voters entitled to vote in the election of city councilors and their deputies 1939, syg 2373-2393 [H]

ID	District, syg, image folder	Image	Page number	Order number	Person	Surname from previous column	Street name	House number	Date of birth [day and month often not listed]	Living in the city since when?
13122	District 3, ward 1, syg 2381, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289828	21_122_0_-_2381_17_56023597.jpg	13	569	Ajdla Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Warszawska	4	1911	1922
14514	District 6, ward 1, syg 2385, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289845	21_122_0_-_2385_5_56023748.jpg	1a	24	Szulim Charendorf	CHARENDORF	Czarnowska	19	4 Oct 1903	1936
14515	District 6, ward 1, syg 2385, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289845	21_122_0_-_2385_5_56023748.jpg	1a	25	Golda Charendorf	CHARENDORF	Czarnowska	19	16 Jul 1904	1936
14516	District 6, ward 1, syg 2385, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289845	21_122_0_-_2385_5_56023748.jpg	1a	27	Leja-Dwojra Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Czarnowska	19	12 Aug 1887	1925
16933	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_16_56023844.jpg	12	504	Judka Horowicz	HOROWICZ	Siiniczna	7	1891	1922
16934	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_16_56023844.jpg	12	504	Judka Horowicz	HOROWICZ	Siiniczna	7	1891	1922
16935	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_16_56023844.jpg	12	505	Dyna Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Siiniczna	7	1895	1922
17195	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_22_56023848.jpg	18	789	Moszek Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	St. Warsz. Przeim.	30	13 Feb 1871	1922
17196	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_22_56023848.jpg	18	790	Mariem Frajdla Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	St. Warsz. Przeim.	30	18 Apr 1869	1922
17197	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_22_56023848.jpg	18	791	Ruchla Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	St. Warsz. Przeim.	30	12 Jun 1904	1922
17198	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_22_56023848.jpg	18	795	Ruchla Gitla Dajbog	DAJBOG	St. Warsz. Przeim.	30	12 Jul 1856	1937

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
10159	https://www.szu…ostka/16286546	21_122_0_-_2905_173_56025589.jpg	1905	157	22 Dec 1905 / 4 Jan 1906	Kielce	Kielce	Szymon Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	male	Pekoszew	19 years	Berek Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Ryfka nee Guterman	GUTERMAN	[not applicable]		[not listed]	[not listed]
10219	https://www.szu…ostka/16286546	21_122_0_-_2905_240_56025655.jpg	1906	189/54	9 / 22 Jul 1906	Kielce	Kielce	Mariem Fajgla Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	female	Kielce	1 year	Abram Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Sura nee Zigmand	ZIGMAND	[not applicable]		[not listed]	[not listed]
10435	https://www.szu…ostka/16291440	21_122_0_-_2906_150_56025885.jpg	1910	534/141	29 Nov / 12 Dec 1910	Kielce	Kielce	Abram Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	male	Kielce	29	Wolf Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Dobra nee Lemberg	LEMBERG	Sura nee Zygmand	ZYGMAND	[not listed]	[not listed]
10562	https://www.szu…ostka/16291441	21_122_0_-_2907_123_56026021.jpg	1913	117	26 Sep / 9 Oct 1913	Kielce	Kielce	Szajndla Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	female	Pacanow	61	Endzle [surname not listed]		Bajla Chinda nee Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	Mordka Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	[not listed]	[not listed]

Końskie & Przedbórz: city of Końskie and commune of Przedbórz [m. Końskie i Przedbórz gmina], Tax Collection Book [Księga biercza], Real Estate Tax [Podatku od nieruchomości], 1940-1941, RG-15.451, zesp 1030, syg 37; statement on title page in German, dated 28 Nov 1942; part of Urząd Skarbowy w Końskich (https://www.szukajwa…pol/-/zespol/112530); images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15159485 [H]

ID	Image file name(s)	Page(s)	Order numbers	City/Town at top of page	Person(s)	Surname from previous column	Address	See original image for financial details	Notes (by typist)
10286	21_1030_0_0_37.pdf	121-122	485/480	m. Końskie	Heirs of Kiwa Rafałowicz; Jakób Rafałowicz, Moszek Rafałowicz, Nacha Chorowicz, Szejwa Kożowska, Jerla Milsztain	RAFAŁOWICZ, CHOROWICZ, KOŻOWSKA, MILSZTAIN	3-go Maja 24

Poland: Parcels to be sent to Poland from U.S.A. as per orders received through American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Jerusalem 1946-1947 [H]

ID	Image	Page number in corner	Page number at top	Page header, part 1	Page header, part 2	Serial No.	Name	Number after name (if any)	Surname from previous columns	Address	Standard	Price	Sender	Surname from previous column	Stamp at bottom (if any)	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10693	51	51	[none]	List No. 79/P.; parcels to be sent to Poland from U.S.A. as per orders received through A.J.J.D.C. Jerusalem	Includes orders made by cable No. 614 / marked under respective name / All parcels to be sent c/o AJJDC M. Pokorny, Gdynia, Kilinskiego 8 m. 6	2513/P	Dr. Helena Nagel, c/o Capt Ch. Charowicz	[none]	NAGEL, CHAROWICZ	Lodz / ul. Srodmiejska / No. 57 m. 9	Care	15.00	Irene Pohrilie, Marina Sanatorium, Shurchgate, Bombay	POHRILIE	[none]

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
17958	08-DSC00148.jpg	42	Artur	CHOROWICZ	Warszawa
17959	08-DSC00148.jpg	42	Chaim	CHOROWICZ	Warszawa
17960	08-DSC00148.jpg	42	Gustawa	CHOROWITZ	Warszawa

Radomsko Book of Migration Control, 1930-1943 EXPANDED; Piotrków Tryb. Arch., syg 199-202 (about 7000 persons), sample image: https://www.crarg.or…omsko-migration.php [H]

ID	Previous sort number	Syg.	Year	Page	Number [just a sequential number]	Given name	Surname from previous column	Number of persons: male	Number of persons: female	Previous place of residence - Powiat	Previous place of residence - Commune	Previous place of residence - Place, street, number of house	Address in Radomsko	Went to	Other information	Surname(s) from previous column	Researcher notes	Comments (not by researcher)
11033	10915	199	1930	143	3262	Liba Rachela Chorowitz	CHOROWITZ	---	1		Przedborz

Radoszyce: list of Jewish houses in Radoszyce [Wykaz: domów żydowskich w Radoszycach]; the material bears is no date, but a letter just after the material bears the date 1945; syg 375, pages 26-48 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page	House owner	Surname of house owner	Street and (house) number	Number of rooms	Type of building	Annual return	Tenant	Surname of tenant	Rent	[See image for additional columns (apparently with rent per month)]	Notes (written by translator / typist)	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10495	21_336_0_-_375_45_56162519.jpg	43	Fajgel Szajnowicz	SZAJNOWICZ	Rynek 12	1	Wohnhaus [Residential building]	72	Motel Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	6	[See image for additional columns (apparently with rent per month)]

Sweden: Holocaust Survivors 1945-1946; American Jewish Archives, D56/5 (16,816 rows) [H]

ID	Digital file id	Page	Seq number	Survivor given name(s)	Survivor maiden name / other surname (previous or next column)	Survivor surname	Occupation	Birthday	Birth city	Last domicile	Survivor sends greetings to -- given name(s)	Survivor sends greetings to -- surname(s)	Greetings to--Place	Other information	Typing notes
10600	DSC00137.JPG	13		Zara		NAPARSTEK		14 Jul 1922	Krakau	Staszow	Bafat	CHOROWITZ	Schweiz, Stamia-Daros P.L.
21545	05-DSC00112.JPG	15	196	Hanka		UNGLIK		1916	Kwobrik	Kwobrik	Chune	CHOROWITS	Tel Aviv

Warsaw: Listing of the Surviving Warsaw Jews in the US Zone in Germany [Centrale fun di Warszewer Landsmanszaftn in der US Zone in Dajczland], 1948 (5859 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Given name	Surname	Birth date	Residence in Warsaw until 1 Sep 1939	Father's given name	Mother	Mother's maiden name copied from preceding column	Current address [town]	Comments
10700	13	Josef Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	1 Jun 1917	Pawia 28				Hofgeismar

Wieluń Yizkor book: Sefer zikaron li-ḳehilat Veyelun, 1971, pages 407-487 [H]

ID	Page	Information on page	Surname (or maiden name) copied from previous column
11104	460
11105	460	To the eternal memory
11106	460	Father: Majer Godel Sulmierski	SULMIERSKI
11107	460	Mother: Perla [née Chorowicz]	CHOROWICZ
11108	460	Sister: ChaJa
11109	460	Brother: Isaac Ber
11110	460	Sister: Pesa
11111	460	(Died in the Lodz Ghetto in 1944)
11112	460	Sister: Brucha Gemach-Lewinsztein	GEMACH-LEWINSZTEIN
11113	460	Lewinsztejn
11114	460
11115	460	Perpetuated by daughters and sisters:
11116	460	Sarah Elkann and family, Los Angeles	ELKANN
11117	460	Necha Wilensky and family, Paris	WILENSKY
11118	460
11119	460	To the eternal memory
11120	460
11121	460	Eva Levkovich (born Felta)	LEWKOWICZ (BORN FELTA)
11122	460	Idel Lewkowicz	LEWKOWICZ
11123	460	Chaim Moshe Lewkowicz	LEWKOWICZ
11124	460	Gershon Lewkowicz	LEWKOWICZ
11125	460	Eli Pitowski	PITOWSKI
11126	460
11127	460	in mourning:
11128	460	Mordechai Lewkowicz and family	LEWKOWICZ
11129	460	Clara Mielnik and family	MIELNIK
11130	460	Paris

Wodzisław: Handover protocol for the transfer of abandoned properties to the Municipal Board, 1946, RG-15.756, zesp 1670, syg 4; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15205540 [H]

ID	Image file name(s)	Page(s)	Details regarding this material	Address	Owner	Surname from previous column	Description and details	Description and details, translated with chatgpt.com/g/g-4ANoaaYlq-polish-english-translator	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10033	21_1670_0_1_4.pdf	4	Handover protocol written on 9 May 1946, concerning the activities of the transfer carried out on 26 April 1946, 27 April, 7 and 8 May 1946, by the Voivodeship Branch of the Provisional State Property Administration in Kielce, of the administration of abandoned properties located in the settlement of Wodzisław, Wodzisław commune, Jędrzejów county, to the Wodzisław Municipal Board. / The commission consisted of the delegate of the Voivodeship Branch of the P.S.P.A., Wincenty Paszkowski, and the delegates of the Municipal Board: the commune head Andrzej Krawiec, Feliks Marchwiński, and Stanisław Obrężyński. / carried out the handover and acceptance of the following properties:	35. at ul. Rynek Nr. 26	b. owner Berek Chorowicz	CHOROWICZ	placu o powierzchni 34x5½ mtr.2	a yard measuring 34x5½ sq. meters.
10047	21_1670_0_1_4.pdf	5	Handover protocol written on 9 May 1946, concerning the activities of the transfer carried out on 26 April 1946, 27 April, 7 and 8 May 1946, by the Voivodeship Branch of the Provisional State Property Administration in Kielce, of the administration of abandoned properties located in the settlement of Wodzisław, Wodzisław commune, Jędrzejów county, to the Wodzisław Municipal Board. / The commission consisted of the delegate of the Voivodeship Branch of the P.S.P.A., Wincenty Paszkowski, and the delegates of the Municipal Board: the commune head Andrzej Krawiec, Feliks Marchwiński, and Stanisław Obrężyński. / carried out the handover and acceptance of the following properties:	49. at ul. Rynek Nr. 41	b. owner heirs of Frendla Arejzon & Sura Chorowicz	AREJZON, CHOROWICZ	domu piętrowego murowanego z kamienia krytego papą zniszczonego w 30%. Piętro: o 7 ubikacjach mieszkalnych, klatki schodowej i komórki. Parter: o 5 ubikacjach mieszkalnych i 4 ubikacjach sklepowych. I oficyny o wym. 6x5 mtr.2 murowanej z kamienia krytej papą o 2 ubikacjach sklepowych i piwnicy. II oficyny o wymiarze 7x4 mtr. murowanej z kamienia krytej gontem niezamieszk. i placu o powierzchni 15x7 mtr.2	a two-story stone-built house with a tar paper roof, 30% destroyed. Upper floor: 7 residential units, staircase, and a storeroom. Ground floor: 5 residential units and 4 shop units. Outbuilding I (6x5 sq. meters), stone-built with a tar paper roof, comprising 2 shop units and a cellar. Outbuilding II (7x4 meters), stone-built with a shingle roof, uninhabited; and a yard measuring 15x7 sq. meters.

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