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Gawin / Gefen Holocaust-Era Records in Kielce, Gowarczów, Radomsko, and nearby towns

38 Holocaust-era records for Gawin / Gefen and related spellings.

These records span Kielce (Keltz), Gowarczów (Govartchov, Gowarczew), Radomsko (Radomsk, Noworadomsko, Novoradomsko, Noworadomsk, Novoradomsk), Piotrków (Petrikev), Praszka (Prashka), Rozprza (Rospesha, Rosprza), Brzeźnica (Bzhezhnitsa), Częstochowa (Chenstochov), and nearby towns.

Note: These results are missing 53 GAWIN records from our 1,620,997-record pre-Holocaust database. Join CRARG to see those records and receive research assistance. Learn more »

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]

-Sort-The complete listSublistPersonSurnameDate of BirthCityCountryArchive NoNotes
10632Originally at https://tinyurl.com/yyzjzfrn; now at Web Archive: https://tinyurl.com/y6zaht9xChildren With Lost Identity- GChana GefenGEFEN923 

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

-Sort-District, syg, image folderImagePage numberOrder numberPersonSurname from previous columnStreet nameHouse number [r#]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)
16613District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3117Moszek FortynskiFORTYNSKIKozia418651922    
16614District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3118Berek FortynskiFORTYNSKIKozia419141931    
16615District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3119Szlama Nachemia FortynskiFORTYNSKIKozia419031936    
16616District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3120Icek FrydmanFRYDMANKozia419041931    
16617District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3123Gitla GranekGRANEKKozia418911931    
16618District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3124Abram GranekGRANEKKozia418851922    
16619District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3125Pinches GefenGEFENKozia419021922    
16620District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/1628982121_122_0_-_2387_7_56023833.jpg3126Jachweta GefenGEFENKozia419001933    

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

-Sort-Page numberNameSurname from previous columnYear of birthAddress before 1939Notes (not by typist)
1497039Lea GefenGEFEN1908Wilno 
1497139Malka GefenGEFEN1930Wilno 

Poland: Jewish Refugees in Italy, List Nr. 1, Jan 1946; only "Poland" listings [H]

-Sort-Page numberNameSurname from previous columnPlace of birthDate of birthFather's nameMother's nameNotes (not by typist)
1162650Cyla HoffenHOFFENDomrowa / Dąbrowa, Poland1926MosheHindaDąbrowa, Poland added because it seems more likely

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

-Sort-Image fileDestination of CommunicationPostmarkSender addressDatePerson in Poland: Line numberPerson in Poland: Given namePerson in Poland: SurnamePerson in Poland: Town [k/=kolo=near; dla=for]Person in Poland: AddressOther informationSurname from previous 2 columnsTypist notes
11604DSC00077.JPGDr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 143715Palestine; Postage paidRepresentation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV9 Nov 19421594Mojsze Chaim Gefan?GEFAN?Brzesc? n/ Bugien Judenrat    
13438DSC00124.JPGDr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 107068Palestine; Postage paidRepresentation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV5 Oct 194257Hanka GefenGEFENWarsawNowolipki 25/27   

Poland: "Martyrdom of Jewish Physicians in Poland" (Exposition Press, 1963; 2584 persons) [H]

-Sort-Given name(s)SurnameBirthDeathPage number
11006BronislawHOPFEN1909Holocaust373
11007SamuelHOPFEN1874Holocaust374

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

-Sort-Digital file idPageGiven name(s)Surname(s) from previous or next columnsPlaceTyping notes
2549809-DSC00031.jpg81JonasGEIFENKrakow 
2584509-DSC00034.jpg83AdamGEFENOtwock 
2584609-DSC00034.jpg83AdamGEFENWarszawa 
2584709-DSC00034.jpg83EwaGEFENWarszawa 
2584809-DSC00034.jpg83EwaGEFENOtwock 
2584909-DSC00034.jpg83JosefGEFENWarszawa 
2585009-DSC00034.jpg83JosefGEFENOtwock 
2585109-DSC00034.jpg83LeaGEFENLodz 
2585209-DSC00034.jpg83MalkaGEFENLodz 
2585309-DSC00034.jpg83MaurycyGEFENWarszawa 

Przedbórz: management of the real estate of the Przedbórz commune, syg 372, 1946-1950, pages 25-40 [H]

-Sort-Folder of imagesImageRegional page headerPage numberOrder number [r#]Name or company of the owners from 1 Sep 1939 with nationalitySurname(s) from the previous columnProperty type, building, garden square, land.Number of rooms, garden square on the groundProperty location, Street No., Police No., mortgageNotes by translator / typist
10079https://www.szu…ostka/1507196521_336_0_-_372_37_56162184.jpgList: Abandoned and post-German buildings and land properties within the city of Przedbórz / 24 Oct 1949; and see detailed pages following this list3570.Szlama Duński[GIVEN NAME NOT LISTED]liveable, brick, single-story house[blank]Częstochowska 33, Przedbórz 

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

-Sort-SubdocumentSublistPageSurnameGiven nameSurname from previous columnBirth year or ageBirth place or last residenceTyping notes
22039List of Surviving Jews in Poland; submitted by the Jewish Committee in Krakow131GEIFENJanos1909Krakow 
22267List of Surviving Jews in Poland; submitted by the Jewish Committee in Krakow133GAIFENJonas1909Krakow 
28695List of Jewish Survivors from East European TownsWILNO174GEFENKhanaKajdany 
28696List of Jewish Survivors from East European TownsWILNO174GEFENFanniKajdany 

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

-Sort-Page numberNumberNameSurname from previous columnBirth placeBirth yearComes from[X = handwritten mark added after "Comes from" town]Stamp at bottom of page (if any)Notes (not by typist)
174531227263Wolf GefenGEFENWarszawa1922Warszawa   

Warsaw: Committee in Warszawa-Praga, District 5; Registry of children receiving assistance (249 persons) [H]

-Sort-SourceL.p. numberImage numberGiven NameSurnameAgeOccupationPresent occupationAddress
10062Amer Jewish Arch, Central Committee of Polish Jews, persons for whom individual assistance is requested, about 1945; MSS COL 361, file D55/561Surv 11-D55n5/DSC00036.jpgAbramGEFEN16--------Kom. Zyd. Targowa 44

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]

-Sort-PageGiven nameSurname [r#]Birth dateResidence in Warsaw until 1 Sep 1939Father's given nameMotherMother's maiden name copied from preceding columnCurrent address [town]Comments
1528788Chaja Woren-KleinWOREN-KLEIN15 Dec 1921Marjanska 8PinkasCypura Hejwen-TregerHEJWEN-TREGERPocking 

Warsaw: "Surviving Jews in Warsaw as of June 5th, 1945," World Jewish Archives (2523 persons) [H]

-Sort-Page numberGiven nameSurnameYear of birthAddress in 1939Present address in WarsawComments
105804AdamGEFEN1929Warsaw, Zlota 27Piusa 29-4 
105814EwaGEFEN1911Warsaw, Zlota 27Piusa 29-4 
105824JosyfGEFEN1900Warsaw, Zlota 27Piusa 29-4 
105834MaurycyGEFEN1910Warsaw, Dzielna 55Wielka 23-20 

Note: These results are missing 53 GAWIN records from our 1,620,997-record pre-Holocaust database. Join CRARG to see those records and receive research assistance. Learn more »

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