Praga Holocaust-Era Records

Szczekociny (Shtshekotshin), Żarki (Zharki), Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Pilica (Piltz), Włoszczowa (Vlotsheve), Kromołów (Krimilov), Lelów (Lelev), and nearby towns

51 Holocaust-era records for Praga 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)
10715	1940	406	2 Sep 1940, Częstochowa	4 Sep 1940, Częstochowa	Izrael Berek Kuperberg, born Szczekociny 20 Aug 1930, died in Częstochowa Jewish Hospital ul. Sowińskiego 36	KUPERBERG	Icek Kuperberg	KUPERBERG	Zelda née Pragel	PRAGEL / PRAGA	[not listed]		[not listed]		Herszlik Mitelman, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa		Szlama Majzler, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa				www.crarg.org/i…055-CuSuv0.jpg		PRAGA added because it appears in other records

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)	Comments by translator	Surname(s) from previous or next columns	Comments (not by translator)
10257	1939	251	19 Dec 1939, Częstochowa	27 Dec 1939, Częstochowa	Lejb Praga, born Myszków 8 May 1905, living in Częstochowa ul. Limanowskiego 49	PRAGA	Josek Praga	PRAGA	Cywia née Szpryngier	SZPRYNGIER	Hana Woźnica, born Mstów 8 Apr 1915, living in Częstochowa ul. Narutowicza 19/23	WOŹNICA	Pinkus Woźnica	WOŹNICA	Ruchla née Frajermauer	FRAJERMAUER	Moszek Frajermauer, merchant, living in Czestochowa ul. Aleja Wolności 10	FRAJERMAUER	Majer Zalcberg, confectioner, living in Częstochowa ul. Garncarska 18				www.crarg.org/i…129-NLrMIZ.jpg

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
22258	27	1518	336	Cyna		ZORSKI	Szymon & Tauba Weltman	WELTMAN	14 Dec 1885, Czestochowa	Merchant	BRUDNIK, BUDNIK, PRAGA, WELTMAN, ZORSKI
22259	27	1518	336	Brajndla	BUDNIK	ZORSKI	Jozef & Malka Praga	PRAGA	-- --- 1886, Pilica	With husband	BRUDNIK, BUDNIK, PRAGA, WELTMAN, ZORSKI
22260	27	1518	336	Jakub		ZORSKI	Cyna & Brandla Brudnik	BRUDNIK	1 May 1911, Czestochowa	With parents	BRUDNIK, BUDNIK, PRAGA, WELTMAN, ZORSKI
22261	27	1518	336	Tauba Malka		ZORSKI	Cyna & Brandla Brudnik	BRUDNIK	1 Jun 1923, Czestochowa	With parents	BRUDNIK, BUDNIK, PRAGA, WELTMAN, ZORSKI

Częstochowa: daily record sheets of the Jewish police in the Częstochowa Ghetto 1941-1942, Senior Council in Częstochowa (Rada Starszych w Częstochowie), USHMM; sample images: www.crarg.org/czesto…olocaust-police.php [H]

ID	Details	Microfilm roll	Page	Image	Surname(s) for this entry	A person in this entry	Surname from the previous column	Address	Summary of material
15261	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 2	0922	www.crarg.org/i…922-Y4oB1q.pdf	RAFALOWICZ, PRAGA, SEIDTL, KORNBROD, CUKROWSKI	[no given name] Rafalowicz	RAFALOWICZ		Rafalowicz was sent to take a man to a German official
15262	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 2	0922	www.crarg.org/i…922-Y4oB1q.pdf	RAFALOWICZ, PRAGA, SEIDTL, KORNBROD, CUKROWSKI	Josek Praga	PRAGA	Kawia 28	Praga was taken to the Watch District for the German official
15263	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 2	0922	www.crarg.org/i…922-Y4oB1q.pdf	RAFALOWICZ, PRAGA, SEIDTL, KORNBROD, CUKROWSKI	[no given name] Seidtl	SEIDTL		The man was taken for Seidtl
15264	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 2	0922	www.crarg.org/i…922-Y4oB1q.pdf	RAFALOWICZ, PRAGA, SEIDTL, KORNBROD, CUKROWSKI	[no given name] Kornbrod	KORNBROD		Kornbrod took the man first to the delousing station
15265	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 2	0922	www.crarg.org/i…922-Y4oB1q.pdf	RAFALOWICZ, PRAGA, SEIDTL, KORNBROD, CUKROWSKI	[no given name] Cukrowski	CUKROWSKI		Cukrowski took the man to the Watch District

Częstochowa Forced Labor, WWII; original documents at Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw; we thank the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation Genealogy Project for their cooperation (4843 persons) [H]

ID	Jewish Historical Institute sygn.	Laufende No. [consecutive number]	Kartei-No. [file number]	Person	Surname from previous column	Occupation (Beruf)	Occupation (Beruf) (translated)	Place of residence (Wohnort)	Date at top of page	Page No. in pencil	Page No. in red	Comments
11979		1355	H 83394	Lejb Praga	PRAGA	Fleischermeister arbeitslos	Master butcher, unemployed	Rakow Limanowskiego 49?	22 Apr 1940	70	29	Address could be 4 or 9 or 49
14003	273/23	1355	H 83394	Lejb Praga	PRAGA	Fleischermeister arbeitslos	Master butcher, unemployed	Rakow Linanowskiego 9	22 Apr 1940	70

Częstochowa: Jewish Police in Częstochowa EXPANDED [H]

ID	Complete details	Page	Person	Surname(s) from previous column	Persons listed in complete article	Surname(s) from previous column	Surname(s) from previous column, without diacritical marks	Notes (not written by researcher)
10121	For complete details, see pdf file at Czestochowa museum web site (pages 166-186): www.muzeumczest…_2011_2012.pdf	178	Icek Prejzeroworicz	PREJZEROWICZ	Parents Josek & Gitla; siblings Laja, Sura Malinowicer, Ruchla Praga, Mariem Zylberszanc, Bajla Jozefowicz, Gerszon Prejzerowicz	MALINOWICER, PRAGA, ZYLBERSZANC, JOZEFOWICZ, PREJZEROWICZ	MALINOWICER, PRAGA, ZYLBERSZANC, JOZEFOWICZ, PREJZEROWICZ

Częstochowa: Lists of Jewish arrivals to Częstochowa drawn up by the Judenrat; Często Arch, syg 5 (890 persons) [H]

ID	Image	Number(s) at top of page (if any)	Number	Person	Surname from previous column	When and where born	Profession	Address	Number of family members	Where moved from	Where and when moved in	Remarks	Other text on the page	Notes (not by researcher)
10046	www.crarg.org/i…-1a-ymDxDe.jpg	83	46.	Lejb Preka	PREKA	[Column not included on this page]	[Column not included on this page]	Asyl[?] [Asylum]	-	Mogielnica	[Column not included on this page]	[blank]	Top: six words in German, unreadable

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
15298	Rada2/0690.tif	3927 - 7	Josek	PRAGA?	Kawia 38		Material in Polish and German (text, chart, graph, etc.)

Częstochowa: Rada Starszych w Częstochowie, USHMM, microfilm 2, with expanded translations (images 0001.tif-1015.tif); sample images: https://www.crarg.or…olocaust-police.php [H]

ID	Digital file name	Given name	Surname	Details	Surname(s) in column to the left (if not in the surname column)	Typist comments
15827	0690.tif.pdf	Josek	PRAGA	Resides on Kawia St. 38; following a request of the Elders' Council and the order of the supervisor of the ghetto police/1st district, his apartment was to be sealed by 8 Jul 1942; the policeman noted that he did live at the given address
17861	0922.tif.pdf	Josek	PRAG	resides on Kawia St. 28; was escorted to the Bezirks Wache to appear before mst. Seidel;	SEIDEL

Dachau: "Memorial Dates Yorzait of the Martyred Jews of Dachau," Vol II, Lists of Polish Jewish who perished in Dachau, Germany (Jewish Labor Committee, 1947; 2380 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Given name	Surname	Birth	City of birth	City of residence	Death date	Comments 1	Comments 2
11579	97	Israel	PRAG	28 Oct 1906	Lodz		14 Oct 1944

France: Deportations during Holocaust, only "Pologne" from the web; used to be here: http://perso.wanadoo…istoire/Accueil.htm [H]

ID	Details	Nº JO [Number of journal]	Date [of journal]	Sex	Given name	Surname	Country of birth	State/region of birth	Country of death	Complete information
13188	Nº = number; JO = the publication "Le journal officiel"	284	8 Dec 1993	F	Chaya	GOLDBERG, NÉE PRAGA	Pologne		Pologne	Goldberg, née Praga (Chaya) en 1899 à Lodz (Pologne), décédée le 19 août 1942 à Auschwitz (Pologne)
31251	Nº = number; JO = the publication "Le journal officiel"	284	8 Dec 1993	F	Chaya	GOLDBERG, NÉE PRAGA	Pologne		Pologne	Goldberg, née Praga (Chaya) en 1899 à Lodz (Pologne), décédée le 19 août 1942 à Auschwitz (Pologne)

Jędrzejów: book of ID cards, 1940-1941, zesp 1657, syg 490 [in a table]; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15204808 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page number	Order number	Given name(s)	Surname	ID number and date of issue	Series and sequence number	Comments	Notes by translator / typist	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10402	078.jpg	146	5222	Brandla Praza? Praga?	PRAZA? PRAGA?	3 Apr 1940		7/125

Jewish Survivors Residing in Szczekociny at the end of June 1945; date stamped at the top: 24 Jan 1946?; University of Cape Town, Special Collections (11 persons) [H]

ID	Person	Surname from previous column	Year born
10007	Hersz Praga	PRAGA	1917

Kielce district: "Surviving Jews in the Kielce District"; World Jewish Congress, no date (2179 persons) [H]

ID	Town	Sequence number in city list	Person	Surname from previous column	Present address [city after war]	Year of birth	Page of book	Comments
11804	Szczekociny	7 of 11	Hersz Praga	PRAGA		1917	19

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
14156	https://www.szu…ostka/16291449	21_122_0_-_2920_505_56032436.jpg	1930	214	28 Dec 1930	Kielce	Jewish hospital, Kielce	Hersz-Lemel Praga	PRAGA	Male	Szczekociny district	82	Lewek		Marja née Korenberg	KORENBERG			Senile decay	Komenda				Szmul Trembacki 30		Chil Goldberg 41
14195	https://www.szu…ostka/16291450	21_122_0_-_2921_86_56032538.jpg	1931	37	23 Feb 1931	Kielce	ulica Sienkiewicza No. 17	Małka Praga	PRAGA	Female	Szczekociny district	76	Aron		Fajgla née Gliksman	GLIKSMAN			Heart disease	Janowski				Szmul Trembacki 32		Chil Goldberg 42

Krzepice Book of Residents (Księga Ludności) 1932-1944; 9 volumes; no index; Często Arch, syg 18-26; no Jews in syg 24-26 (1294 persons) [H]

ID	Syg.	Page	House number	Surname	Given name	Maiden name	Parents' names	Surname from previous column	Date of birth	Place of birth	Notes	All surnames for persons in this family
10218	19	37	12	MOSZKOWICZ	Herszlik		Jankiel & Frajdla		1908	Krzepice	butcher	BLIMA, MOSZKOWICZ, PRAGA, SPRYNGIER
10219	19	37	12	MOSZKOWICZ	Blima	PRAGA	Josek & Cyrla Spryngier	SPRYNGIER	1904	Myszkow		BLIMA, MOSZKOWICZ, PRAGA, SPRYNGIER
10220	19	37	12	MOSZKOWICZ	Gitla		Herszlik & Blima	BLIMA	1936	Krzepice		BLIMA, MOSZKOWICZ, PRAGA, SPRYNGIER

List of Persons Who Arrived in Palestine on 10 July 1944 under the Auspices of the Third German-Palestinian Exchange (242 persons) [H]

ID	Concentration Camp	Given Name	Surname	Date of Birth	Place of Birth	Date Sent to Camp	Notes
10227	Bergen-Belsen	Louise	VAN PRAAG	15 Mar 1890	Amsterdam	1 Feb 1944

Piotrków Trybunalski BMD 1938-1942 deaths; some images at https://www.szukajwa…spol/-/zespol/79118 [H]

ID	Year	Type	Akt	Registration date	Death date, place	Deceased	Deceased surname	Spouse	Spouse surname	Father, age, profession, city	Father surname / patronymic	Mother, age	Mother maiden name / patronymic	Witness 1	Witness 1 surname / patronymic	Witness 2	Witness 2 surname / patronymic	Other information on the page	Surname / patronymic from previous column	Notes by typist, translator, or proofer
10421	1942	D	250	16 Mar 1942	14 Mar 1942, Piotrkow Trybunalski	Rojza Praga, maiden, born in 1922	PRAGA			Szmul Praga	PRAGA	Hudesa z Mincow	MINCOW / MINC	Symcha Binem Kaminski, council worker, Piotrkow Trybunalski		Szaia Hipszer, council worker, Piotrkow Trybunalski

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)
11738	133	38	8	List No. 59/P.		1820/P.	Maria Peruga		PERUGA	Goleszow / Slask Cieszynski	T 5	7.65	Ludwik Peruga, P.O.B 1010, Jerusalem	PERUGA	29 Mar 1946 / To/1491

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
48935	10-DSC00015.jpg	204	Rachmil	PEROK	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
16009	List of Jews Liberated from the Buchenwald Camp; submitted by the World Jewish Congress, Jun 1945	List A; 8 Jun 1945- 6 Aug 1945	40	PRAG	Mieczyslaw		1917	Warszawa
25379	List of Polish Nationals (Mostly Jews) In the Bergen-Belsen Camp		153	PIROG	Stanislaw		pupil

Sweden: Survivors 1 (9505 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Given name(s)	Surname 1	Maiden name 1	Place of birth	Date of birth	Nationality
12022	33	Celine	PRAAG, VAN		Amsterdam	15 Jun 1922	The Netherlands
12023	34	Schoontje	PRAAG, VAN	PAPPIE	Utrecht	13 Jun 1916	The Netherlands
12024	34	Theresia	PRAAG, VAN		Amsterdam	30 Dec 1920	The Netherlands
12025	34	Wilhelmina	PRAAG, VAN		Amsterdam	02 Oct 1925	The Netherlands
16514	108	Abraham	PRAGOV		Czenstochowa	15 Mar 1910	Poland

Szczekociny 1939: letter of Szmul Rozenbaum to the Office for Political and Social Matters in Kielce regarding his appointment as a rabbi in Szczekociny. The petition signed by the citizens of Szczekociny on the same. Letter to the same Office regarding contributions by Szyja Cukierman in Szczekociny, 1939, syg 3387, document pages 18-21; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/14981502 [H]

ID	Page	Serial number	Person	Surname from previous column	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10098	21	96	Izrael Berek Praga	PRAGA
10099	21	97	B Praga	PRAGA

Szczekociny 1939: List of contribution for support of Jewish Community in Szczekociny in 1939, syg 3387, document pages 108-131 [Lista składek na utrzymanie Gminy Wyznaniowej Żydowskiej w Szczekocinach.]; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/14981502 [H]

ID	Header immediately before this list	Page	Serial number	Person	Surname from previous column	Place of residence [Miejsce zamieszkania]	Occupation [Zawód]	Occupation, translated into English	Amount [Kwota]: Zł
10222	[no header]	118	214	Izrael Berek Praga	PRAGA	Szczekociny	kup.	merchant	5
10464	List: exempt from contributions [Wykaz:uwolnionychod składek]	127	130	Lewel Praga	PRAGA	[Szczekociny]
10469	List: exempt from contributions [Wykaz:uwolnionchod składek]	128	134	Berek Praga	PRAGA	Szczekociny
10470	List: exempt from contributions [Wykaz:uwolnionchod składek]	128	135	Ajzyk Praga	PRAGA	[Szczekociny]
10472	List: exempt from contributions [Wykaz:uwolnionchod składek]	128	137	Aron Praga	PRAGA	[Szczekociny]

Szczekociny: Liquidation and Grant Tables for Szczekociny, Zarzecze, and Nawsie (compiled) [Tabele likwidacyjne i nadawcze dla Szczekocin, Zarzecza i Nawsia. Opracowane] [H]

ID	Person	Surname from previous column, without special Polish letters	Place	Ground surface in morga [an old unit of land measure]	Ground surface in pręt [an old unit of land measure]
10076	Lewek Praga	PRAGA	Szczekociny	0	30

Szczekociny: List of Jewish victims in Szczekociny, Poland, 1940; Yad Vashem; (188 persons); images: www.crarg.org/jewish…zczekociny-1940.php [H]

ID	Details	Image	Numbering [L.p.]	Person	Surname from previous column	Town [Miejscowosc]	Number of persons [Ilosc osob]	Number of Kg [Ilosc Kg]	Comments [Uwagi]; top of each column: Potatoes [Kartofle]	Note regarding units	Notes (not written by typist)
10029	Appears to be list of residents, rather than victims; but one list could be the same as the other	1049.pdf	28	Praga Ajzyk	PRAGA	Rokitno	4	6	[blank]	Unit is meters (metra); likely equals 100 kilograms of potatoes
10058	Appears to be list of residents, rather than victims; but one list could be the same as the other	1050.pdf	56	Praga Lemel	PRAGA	Szczekociny	3	5	1/4 mtr.	Unit is meters (metra); likely equals 100 kilograms of potatoes

Włoszczowa: municipal court in Włoszczowa [Sąd Grodzki w Włoszczowaie], complete, 1929-1950; https://collections.…5.835_01_fnd_pl.pdf (at https://collections.…h/catalog/irn740723); at Polish State Archives (but no images): https://www.szukajwa…pol/-/zespol/113349 [H]

ID	Image file name	Syg	Case number	Date case commenced	Plaintiff name	Surname from previous column	Plaintiff address	Defendant name	Surname from previous column	Defendant address	Case details	Surname from previous column	Date case concluded	Verdict	Notes by translator / typist	Surname from previous two columns	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10851	21_1847_0_0_1853.pdf	1853	Zg 55/46	18 Feb 1946	Josek-Hersz Rozenbaum	ROZENBAUM	ul. Rynek 3, Włoszczowa				The Applicant requests the court to confirm that Łaja Brajbort, daughter of Uryn and Estera née Praga, born on 18 Feb 1895 in Krasocin and resident in Włoszczowa, was shot by the Germans during an operation on 18 Sep 1942.	BRAJBORT, PRAGA	18 Feb 1946	Court grants Applicant's request.

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