Cwern Holocaust-Era Records

Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Wieluń (Vielun), Krzepice (Kshepitz), Żarki (Zharki), Działoszyn (Zaloshin), Kromołów (Krimilov), Kielce (Keltz), and nearby towns

75 Holocaust-era records for Cwern and related spellings.

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Belgium (State Archives of Belgium): listings for CRARG towns at https://agatha.arch.be/search/analyses/ [H]

ID	Town	Type of record	Place of record	Date of record	Person	Surname from previous column	Role	Details
10052	Częstochowa	Judicial death declaration	[not listed]	1940-1945	Leiser Schaja Tzwern	TZWERN	Person mentioned in a document	For more details, search for this person at https://agatha.…arch/analyses/
10053	Częstochowa	Judicial death declaration	[not listed]	1940-1945	Scheindla Tzwern	TZWERN	Person mentioned in a document	For more details, search for this person at https://agatha.…arch/analyses/
10064	Częstochowa	Judicial death declaration	[not listed]	1940-1945	Isaac Tzwern	TZWERN	Person mentioned in a document	For more details, search for this person at https://agatha.…arch/analyses/

Bodzentyn 1939: list of contributions to Jewish community in Bodzentyn in 1939, syg 3374, document pages 173-185 [Lista składek Gminy Wyznaniowej Żydowskiej w Bodzentynie za rok 1939]; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/14981489 [H]

ID	Page	Serial number	Name of payer [Nazwisko i imię płatnika]	Surname from previous column	Place of residence [Miejsce zamieszkania]	Contribution for 1939 [Składka na rok 1939]	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10028	176	27	Chaim Uszer Cwiren	CWIREN	Bodzentyn	8.00

Bodzentyn 1939: list of contributions to the Jewish community in Bodzentyn for 1939, syg 3374, pages 174-185; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/14981489 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page	Order number	Person	Surname from previous column	Residence	Contribution for 1939	Comments	Notes by translator / typist	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10028	21_100_0_6.3_3374_180_61122891.jpg	176	27	Chaim Uszer Cwiren	CWIREN	Bodzentyn	8.00

Bodzentyn 1939: list of contributions to the Jewish community in Bodzentyn for the year 1939, syg 3374, pages 189-201 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page	Order number	Person	Surname from previous column	Residence	Contribution for 1939	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10028	21_100_0_6.3_3374_196_61122907.jpg	192	27	Chaim Uszer Cwiren	CWIREN	Bodzentyn	8.00

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
10366	Originally at https://tinyurl.com/yyzjzfrn; now at Web Archive: https://tinyurl.com/y6zaht9x	Children With Lost Identity- C	Salek Cwirn	CWIRN	16 Oct 1936	Rzeszow	Poland	1155

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
18286	20	1324	234	Josek		CWERN	Lewek & Ruchla Zelinger	ZELINGER	-- --- 1861, Malanow	Baker	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18287	20	1324	234	Rywka	LAPIDES	CWERN	Herszlik & Gitla Frydman	FRYDMAN	16 Dec 1874, Dzialoszyn	With husband	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18288	20	1324	234	Chaim Mendel		CWERN	Josek & Chaja Rozental	ROZENTAL	13 Nov 1886, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18289	20	1324	234	Zyskind		CWERN	Josek & Chaja Rozental	ROZENTAL	23 Oct 1892, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18290	20	1324	234	Fajgla		CWERN	Josek & Chaja Rozental	ROZENTAL	23 Oct 1892, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18291	20	1324	234	Sura		CWERN	Josek & Chaja Rozental	ROZENTAL	7 Mar 1895, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18292	20	1324	234	Szajndla		CWERN	Josek & Chaja Rozental	ROZENTAL	20 Jun 1896, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18293	20	1324	234	Moszek Aron		CWERN	Josek & Rywka Lapides	LAPIDES	6 Aug 1902, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18294	20	1324	234	Mnyl		CWERN	Josek & Rywka Lapides	LAPIDES	26 Nov 1903, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18295	20	1324	234	Lajzer Szyja		CWERN	Josek & Rywka Lapides	LAPIDES	24 Aug 1905, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER
18296	20	1325	234	Ruchla Perla		CWERN	Josek & Rywka Lapides	LAPIDES	20 Oct 1908, Czestochowa	With parents	CWERN, FRYDMAN, LAPIDES, ROZENTAL, ZELINGER

Częstochowa: Czestochower Yidn (Jews of Częstochowa 1947), transliteration of index; all names, including historical figures, non-Jews, etc.; translation at https://www.jewishge…1/Czestochowa1.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-cd02-00505686d14e (2907 listings) [H]

ID	Given name	Surname	Page
12146	Gutshe	CWERN	307
12147	Sam	CWERN	307
12148	Sam	CWERN	306, 307, 308

Częstochowa Ghetto Rejestracja (list of Jews sent to the Częstochowa Ghetto from other towns), 22 Jan 1940 to 7 Jan 1941; Często Arch, syg 9061, pages 2-128 (1351 persons) [H]

ID	Details	Page	Person	Surname from previous column	Came from	Comments (not by researcher)
10725	Also see later, more complete, typing of this document, as well as additional pages from this material.	58	Majer Cwern	CWERN	Wielun

Częstochowa: prisoners at Hasag Pelcery slave labor camp in Częstochowa, USHMM (4738 persons) [H]

ID	Image file	Image file (second set: improved images)	Lp.	Given name (Nazwisko i imie)	Surname (Nazwisko i imie)	Year of birth (Data ur)	Birth, from complete document	Place of birth (Miejsce urodzenia)	Residence in 1939 (Miejsce zam. w 1939 r)	From where sent (Skad przybyl do obozu) [may be one of 6 Hasag slave-labor camps]	Profession (Zawod)	Profession (Zawod), translation	Card number (Nr. kartotek obozowej)	Notes
10634	Hasag-A1/0639.tif	Hasag-B1/0634.tif	634.	Simon	CWERN	1923	3 Mar 1923	Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Czestochowa	robotnik	worker (male)	3808

Częstochowa: registration of Jews coming from other cities to Częstochowa 1940-1941, syg 13797, pages 2-128 (1,558 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Number on page	Registration number (if included)	Date	Given name(s)	Surname	Date of birth	Number in family	Profession	Profession, translated into English	Former residence	Current residence	Notes by translator / typist	Date at end of this list	Text on a non-list page	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10949	58	13		6 Aug	Majer Cwern	CWERN	11 Nov 1907	-	robotnik	worker	Wieluń	Ptasia 5		10 Jun 1940

Częstochowa: Surviving Jews in Częstochowa, about 1945, World Jewish Congress (2503 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Sequence number on far left	Given name	Surname	Year of birth	Present address [document published 1950]	Comments
10362	7	359	Aleksander	CWERN	1921	Antwerpia

Częstochowa Yizkor Book 1947 Biographical Articles, index pages 323-325 (Częstochowa Jews who emigrated to the U.S.); index appears in the 1958 yizkor book; 620 persons [H]

ID	Translation	Images	Name	Surname from previous column
10085	https://www.jew…1/czea001.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Felicia (nee Rubinec) Baron (Czenstochowski)	RUBINE, CBARON, CZENSTOCHOWSKI
11509	https://www.jew…1/czea005.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Isidor Cwern	CWERN
11510	https://www.jew…1/czea005.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Josef and Chaya Cwern	CWERN
11511	https://www.jew…1/czea005.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Gitl (née Kirszenboim) Cwern	KIRSZENBOIM, CWERN

Częstochowa Yizkor Book 1958 Necrology, pages 270-289; translation at https://www.jewishge…wa/Czestochowa.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-d71d-00505686a51c (1208 persons) [H]

ID	Given name	Surname	Husband	Death place and year	Surviving relatives	Surname from previous column	Page
10801	Mendel	CWERN			Eliasz Cwern	CWERN	286.jpg
10802	Chana	CWERN	Mendel		Eliasz Cwern	CWERN	286.jpg
10938	Jakob Hersz	STEINITZ		1933	Eliasz Cwern	CWERN	288.jpg

Częstochowa Yizkor Book (Tshenstokhover Yidn, 1947), index to full translations of biographies; translation at https://www.jewishge…chowa1/czea006.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-cd02-00505686d14e [H]

ID	Letter	Page	Surname	Additional Surname	Given Name
12376	19-tzadek	LXXIX	CWERN		Isidor
12377	19-tzadek	LXXIX	CWERN		Josef
12378	19-tzadek	LXXIX	CWERN		Chaya
12379	19-tzadek	LXXIX	CWERN	KIRSZENBOIM	Gitl

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?	Confirmation that the vote was cast... [column usually blank]	Remarks...	Notes (written by typist)	Notes (not written by typist)
14470	District 5, ward 2, syg 2384, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289831	21_122_0_-_2384_44_56023736.jpg	40	1776	Pinkus Cwirin	CWIRIN	Wiejska	9	1911	1935
14471	District 5, ward 2, syg 2384, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289831	21_122_0_-_2384_44_56023736.jpg	40	1777	Mendel Cytryn	CYTRYN	Wiejska	9	1881	1922

Łódź: Jewish survivors registered in Łódź, July 1945, received by the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada [date unreadable] [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Year of birth	Address before 1939	Notes (not by typist)
12190	18	Marjem Cwern	CWERN		Lodz
12405	19	Pinkus Cwern	CWERN	1917	Lodz

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
18469	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Aleksander	CWERN	Czestochowa
18470	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Gezel	CWERN	Oswiecim
18471	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Mariem	CWERN	Lodz
18472	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Mundek (C)	ZWERN / CWERN	Lwow	In original: Zwern(C)
18473	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Pinkus	CWERN	Lodz
18474	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Szymon (C)	ZWERN / CWERN	Czestochowa	In original: Zwern(C)
18501	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Anna (C)	ZWIRN / CWIRN	Lwow	In original: Zwirn(C)
18502	08-DSC00151.jpg	45	Lejzor	CWIRN	Warszawa
66034	10-DSC00109.jpg	294	Pola	ZBORZECKA CWERN	Lodz

Register of Jewish Survivors I: Lists of Jews Rescued in Different European Countries (Jerusalem, 1945; 19032 records typed) [H]

ID	Subdocument	Sublist	Page	Surname	Given name	Surname from previous column	Birth year or age	Birth place or last residence	Typing notes
19137	List of Polish Jewish Survivors at the Buchenwald Camp		110	CWERN	Henoch		1928	Lodz

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
15149	02-DSC00149.JPG			Genia		CWERN			Brzeziny		Abram	CWERN	New York

Sweden: Survivors 2 (1375 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Given name	Given name 2	Given name 3	Surname	Surname 2	Sex	Place of birth	Date of birth	Residence	Place of death	Date of death	Nationality	Notes
10288	8	Genia			CIVERN		F	Brzeziny					Poland

Vilna [Vilnius, Lithuania]: Polish Jewish refugees receiving Joint Distribution Committee aid, in Vilna, Lithuania, 1940 [H]

ID	Page number	Number	Name	Surname from previous column	Birth place	Birth year	Comes from	[X = handwritten mark added after "Comes from" town]	Stamp at bottom of page (if any)	Notes (not by typist)
18664	142	8453	Mordke Rutko Cwern	CWERN	Wieluń	1921	Wieluń

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
11046	458	In memory of my parents and family
11047	458	My father: Lazer Mendel Moszkowicz	MOSZKOWICZ
11048	458	My mother: Estera [Chana née Grosman]	GROSMAN
11049	458	My sister: Hannah
11050	458	My brother: Mordechai
11051	458	My brother: Israel Yitzhak
11052	458	My sister: Broncha
11053	458	who perished in the Holocaust
11054	458	My sister: Tovcha who passed away.
11055	458
11056	458	By Haim Leib and Ruth Moszkowicz	MOSZKOWICZ
11057	458
11058	458	Memory
11059	458	To our parents and sisters
11060	458	Our father: Szmul Cwern	CWERN
11061	458	Our mother: Chana Ruchla [née Szlamkowicz]	SZLAMKOWICZ
11062	458	Sister: Frania
11063	458	Sister: Zissel
11064	458	Sister: Rebecca
11065	458
11066	458	who perished in the Holocaust
11067	458	By Israel and Ruth Cwern	CWERN

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