Rafal Holocaust-Era Records

Radomsko (Radomsk), Pilica (Piltz), Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Działoszyn (Zaloshin), Krzepice (Kshepitz), Praszka (Prashka), Końskie (Kinsk), and nearby towns

45 Holocaust-era records for Rafal and related spellings.

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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
21797	26	1114	326	Icek		ESTRAJCH	Icek & Hinda Rafal	RAFAL	22 Sep 1849, Dzialoszyn	Merchant	ESTRAJCH, NAJMAN, RAFAL, SZAJKOWICZ
21798	26	1114	326	Mariema	SZAJKOWICZ	ESTRAJCH	Icek Majer & Bajla Najman	NAJMAN	26 Sep 1855, Czestochowa	With husband	ESTRAJCH, NAJMAN, RAFAL, SZAJKOWICZ
21799	26	1114	326	Dawid		ESTRAJCH	Icek & Mariema Szajkowicz	SZAJKOWICZ	22 Dec 1889, Czestochowa	With parents	ESTRAJCH, NAJMAN, RAFAL, SZAJKOWICZ
21800	26	1114	326	Dwojra		ESTRAJCH	Icek & Mariema Szajkowicz	SZAJKOWICZ	22 Dec 1889, Czestochowa	With parents	ESTRAJCH, NAJMAN, RAFAL, SZAJKOWICZ
21801	26	1114	326	Jozef		ESTRAJCH	Icek & Mariema Szajkowicz	SZAJKOWICZ	6 Oct 1895, Czestochowa	With parents	ESTRAJCH, NAJMAN, RAFAL, SZAJKOWICZ

Częstochowa: German Prison in Częstochowa 1939-1944 (Niemiecki Zakład Karny w Częstochowie), EXPANDED WORK [H]

ID	Reference [number]	Register number	Date of arrival in prison	Name	Surname copied from previous column	Date of birth	Place of birth	Previous address (Częstochowa unless otherwise stated)	Father	Mother	Surname copied from previous column	Occupation	Suspected or accused of	Date of sentence	Sentence	Other information	Notes by translator / typist	Surname copied from previous columns	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10123	749		18 Nov 1940	Machnel (Michael / Michał) Cypler	CYPLER	14 Apr 1881	Łęczyca	Nadreczna No. 18	Unknown	Szajndla née Rozenblat	ROZENBLAT	Caterer	No armband	3 Dec 1940	6 months prison	Died 14 May 1941 of heart attack and bronchial tuberculosis; wife Blima née Rafel [Himelman in Częstochowa records]; mother living in Łęczyca; illiterate; accused of not wearing armband Aug-Nov 1940 in Częstochowa and on 18 Nov 1940 on railway from Radomsko to Częstochowa	Physical description included; missing 12 teeth; also known as Chaim	RAFEL, HIMELMAN
10124	750		18 Nov 1940	Fajwel Cypler	CYPLER	12 Apr 1922	Częstochowa	Nadreczna No. 18	Chaim	Blima		Caterer	No armband	3 Dec 1940	3 months prison	Released 18 Feb 1941; not wearing armband on 18 Nov 1940 on railway from Radomsko to Częstochowa	Arrested with father

Częstochowa: lists of abandoned properties in Częstochowa, syg 29; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15071873 (part of: District Liquidation Office in Kielce - tinyurl.com/3awprebr) [H]

ID	Details	Details in Polish	Image file name	Order number	Street	House number	Property type	Person	Surname from previous column	Group	Re-privatized	Delivered to the City Council.	Remarks	Notes by typist	Notes (not written by typist)
10428	LIST of real estates located in the city of Częstochowa, kept in the records of the District Liquidation Office in Częstochowa.	WYKAZ nieruchomości połoźonych na terenie m. Częstochowy, znajdujących się w ewidencji Rejonowego Urzędu Likwidacyjnego w Częstochowie.	21_336_0_-_29_12_56153431.jpg	420.	Olsztynska	5	house [Polish: dom]	Salomon Rafal and others [Polish: i inni]	RAFAL	P	1/4%	26 Oct 1948

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
10429	Rada2/0067.tif	6		RAFAL...? / RAFALOWICZ		2 Lists of 7 and 2 person; preceded by text in Polish and German	Material in Polish and German(text, chart, graph, etc.)	There are other names but impossible to read

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	Given name	Other surname	Page number	Index page number - column number
11373	RIWELE			184, 185	333 – 3

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
11620	100	Hercko	RAFAL	13 Dec 1907	Zdunska Wola	Lodz	2 Dec 1944
11642	101	Chaim	RAWEL	21 Feb 1914	Lodz		3 Mar 1945

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)
13409	District 3, ward 1, syg 2381, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289828	21_122_0_-_2381_30_56023609.jpg	26	1164	Nachum Rappel	RAPPEL	Warszawska	10	30 Jul 1909	1935

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
12376	https://www.szu…ostka/16286541	21_122_0_-_2911_24_56028689.jpg	1921	11	17 Jan 1921	Kielce	ulica Bazarowa No. 12	Łaja Osełka	OSEŁKA	Female	Settlement & district of Szydłów	10	Chil		Bajla née Rufel	RUFEL			Pulmonary tuberculosis	Komenda		No witnesses

Poland: Jewish Refugees in Italy, List Nr. 2, Feb 1946; only "Poland" listings [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Place of birth	Date of birth	Father's name	Mother's name	Notes (not by typist)	Surname from previous column
12190	81	Kiwele Rafal	RAFAL	[blank], Poland	1918	Ele	Manie

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
49912	10-DSC00020.jpg	209	Abram	RAFAL	Siedlce
49913	10-DSC00020.jpg	209	Hanka	RAFAL	Matthausen
49914	10-DSC00020.jpg	209	Izaak	RAFAL	Lodz
50763	10-DSC00025.jpg	214	Adam	RAWEL	Lublin
50764	10-DSC00025.jpg	214	Rena	RAWEL	Lublin
51187	10-DSC00027.jpg	216	Lola	RIPPEL	Krakow
51188	10-DSC00027.jpg	216	Stella	RIPPEL	Krakow
54309	10-DSC00043.jpg	232	Irena	RYPPEL	Przemysl
54310	10-DSC00043.jpg	232	Stella	RYPPEL	Przemysl

Poland Survivor Radio Messages, American Jewish Archives, H277, n2 (2741 persons) [H]

ID	Set, folder, and image	Survivor given name	Surname from previous column	Name of father	Other family members	Present address	Surname from any previous column	Survivor former residence	Message in full	Address for mail	Surname from previous two columns	Date(s) of broadcast	Other information--including title, date, and page
11130	PSRM Set 28, folder 12-H277n2, image DSC00121.JPG		RAFAEL			Lubin			Gertel, Malka & Inda Tel-Aviv Hachashmal St.		GERTEL	20 May 1945

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)
10825	10713	199	1930	132	3008	Chaim Szoel Danoli Vel Rafal	DANOLI VEL RAFAL	1	1		Radomsko
12791		200	1932	22	471	Chaim Szoel Danoli Vel Rafal	DANOLI VEL RAFAL	1						Died 1 Aug 1932

Radoszyce: List of abandoned (former Jewish) property in the settlement of Radoszyce, 1948, RG-15.738, zesp 792, syg 70 (index of names in this material); part of Gminna Rada Narodowa w Radoszycach (https://www.szukajwa…pol/-/zespol/112172) [H]

ID	Image file name(s)	Page(s)	Details regarding this material	Consecutive number	Previous owner	Surname from previous column	[Unknown meaning: leased plot? own plot?]	Surface / Area of plot [in ha]	Real estate	Purpose of real estate	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10035	21_702_0_0_70.pdf	6	[top of page:] List of abandoned (post-Jewish) property assets in the settlement of Radoszyce / [bottom of page]: The above-mentioned plots and buildings are located in the settlement of Radoszyce; there are no land and mortgage registers. / Radoszyce, 19 May 1948	35.	Gitla Wincentowska, Majer Luft, Liber Rybel	WINCENTOWSKA, LUFT, RYBEL	plac [plot]	0,217	-	na rozbudowe osied [for the expansion of the settlement]
10036	21_702_0_0_70.pdf	6	[top of page:] List of abandoned (post-Jewish) property assets in the settlement of Radoszyce / [bottom of page]: The above-mentioned plots and buildings are located in the settlement of Radoszyce; there are no land and mortgage registers. / Radoszyce, 19 May 1948	36.	Dawid Nunsym, Szlama Szejer, Libel Rybel	NUNSYN, SZEJER, RYBEL	plac [plot]	0,492	-	na rozbudowe osied [for the expansion of the settlement]

Radoszyce: management over the real estate of the Radoszyce commune, syg 374, 1945-1947, document pages 66-67; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15071967 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page number	Page header before this material	Consecutive number	Previous owner	Surname from previous column	[Unknown meaning: leased plot? own plot?]	Surface / Area of plot	Real estate	Purpose of real estate	Notes by translator / typist	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10035	21_336_0_-_374_68_56162469.jpg	66	Listing of vacated possessions by Jews in settlement Radoszyce	35.	Gitla Wincentowska, Majer Luft, Liber Rybel	WINCENTOWSKA, LUFT, RYBEL	plac	0,217	-	na rozbudowe osied
10036	21_336_0_-_374_68_56162469.jpg	66	Listing of vacated possessions by Jews in settlement Radoszyce	36.	Dawid Nunsym, Szlama Szejer, Libel Rybel	NUNSYN, SZEJER, RYBEL	plac	0,492	-	na rozbudowe osied

Salzburg, Austria: List of liberated Jews now living in Salzburg; Relatives Information Service, 24 Jan 1946?; only Poland entries [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Birth date	Birth place	Address [presumably current address]	Notes (not by typist)
10014	[1]	Anna Rafal	RAFAL	13 Jun 1925	Lodz / Łódź, Poland	Reichenhallestr. 12 Salzburg	Łódź, Poland added because it seems more likely

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 surname	Occupation	Birthday	Birth city	Last domicile	Survivor sends greetings to -- given name(s)	Survivor sends greetings to -- surname(s)	Greetings to--Place	Typing notes
20048	05-DSC00031.JPG	75	1068	Sala	WAKSMAN	Pupil	17 Dec 1919	Szczekocin?	Sosnowitz	Chil	RAFELA	Tel Aviv
26013	07-DSC00028.JPG	75	1068	Sala	WAKSMAN	Pupil	17 Dec 1919	Szczekocin	Sosnowitz	Chil	RAFELA	Tel Aviv
26037	07-DSC00029.JPG	75	1068	Sala	WAKSMAN	Pupil	17 Dec 1919	Szczekocin	Sosnowitz	Chil	RAFELA	Tel Aviv	Repeated

Sweden: Survivors 1 (9505 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Given name(s)	Surname 1	Surname 2	Surname 3	Maiden name 1	Maiden name 2	Father's given name	Mother's given name	Spouse's given name	Place of birth	Date of birth	Place of residence	Place of death	Date of death	Nationality	Comments
16613	109	Petr	REWAL								Warszawa	11 Nov 1937				Poland
18686	142	Olga	RAPHAEL								Valea Crisului	22 Aug 1922				Roumania

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]
13662	62	Karolina Plamka	PLAMKA	15 Feb 1920	Targowa 14	Jozef	Stefa Razin	RAZIN	Fohrenwald
13663	62	Szymon Plamka	PLAMKA	4 Apr 1910		Jakob	Fajga Rafal	RAFAL	Fohrenwald
13783	64	Minia Rafal née Artman	RAFAL NÉE ARTMAN	1919	Wolynska 17	Mosze	Ita Szpitalnik	SZPITALNIK	Vilseck
13784	64	Hersz Rafal	RAFAL	1918		Elle	Laja Maszna	MASZNA	Vilseck
13785	64	Jakob Rafal	RAFAL	1915		Elle	Laja Maszna	MASZNA	Vilseck
13786	64	Henia Rafal née Fejer	RAFAL NÉE FEJER	1911		Naftali	Brandl Grunbaum	GRUNBAUM	Vilseck
13816	65	Jerzy Rappel	RAPPEL	10 Oct 1910	Elektoraina 45	Antoni	Rozalja Krugman	KRUGMAN	Gabersee
13817	65	Paula Rappel née Wolaner	RAPPEL NÉE WOLANER	03 May 1918	Franciszkanska 21	Chaskiel	Regina		Gabersee

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