Janów (Yanov) and Złoty Potok Jewish Genealogy [11,135 records]

Janów Cemetery (source: CRARG President Daniel Kazez, Springfield, Oh.)

Janów, Poland (source: CRARG President Daniel Kazez, Springfield, Oh.)

(With information provided by the mayor of Janów.)
1700s: Janów was founded by Count Jan Aleksander Koniecpolski in 1670, and the village was named Janów from the founder’s name Jan. In 1789, Janów consisted of 279 citizens (113 houses). In 1791, the general census listed 446 persons living in Janów (primarily Jews) and the town had 110 houses. Beginning at least as early as 1799, Jews from Częstochowa were buried in the cemetery in Janów.
1863 (6 July 1863): During the insurrection against Russia a squad (about 200 persons) of Colonel Zygmunt Chmielinski attacks and destroys Russian forces that are stationed in Janów, and intercept a transport of the tsar’s gold. Three days later, Colonel Ernroth (commandant of Częstochowa) comes to Janów with his squad, and burns down the entire town. Some of citizens of Janów are killed and their bodies are thrown into a well which is located in the center of the city. Ernroth attacks Chmielinski’s forces (near the village of Smiertny Dab) but Chmielinski is able to withdraw without losses. [Note: This explains why no birth or marriage or death records exist for the town of Janów before 1863. The Janów 1884 (akt 23) re-registration of the Janów 1863 birth of Aba Abraham Englender includes this statement by his father Fiszel Englender: “This year (1884), my son Aba Abraham has become a part of the list of draftees of Tchernogorod’s Administrative District. On the basis of Article 45 of the Code of Laws of the Military Service he is subject to be drafted on the basis of the general law. He may be eligible for an exemption which was not recognized since he was unable to present a birth certificate—this because of the fire in the hamlet of Janów in June 1863 which destroyed the birth and death certificates of the non-Christian population and because the duplicates of these certificates were destroyed at the former Zarec District Court in 1870. Therefore, my son was unable to present his birth certificate. In order to determine his age, therefore, the present document (birth certificate) was made.”]
After 1863: In 1870, as a punishment for aiding the insurrection, the town of Janów lost its town status (as per the tsar’s order). In 1900, the population was 1447, mostly Jews. At that time, Janów included a synagogue, Jewish cemetery, and school. Janów burned down for a second time in 1914. In 1933, the town’s population was 1076, mostly Jews; it had 194 houses. Sept. 1-3, 1939, heavy battles against the Nazis occurred in and near Janów. On Nov. 9, 1944, during an ambush near the rock “Brama Twardowskeigo,” Polish guerrilla forces killed Julian Schubert (the commandant of Żarki who was known as “Bloody Julek”) in a well planned and executed attack. During World War II, guerrilla forces were active in the areas near Janów.

Jewish Names in Janów (Yanov) and Złoty Potok

The long list below shows most of the surnames (and patronymic names) that appear at least three times in CRARG’s projects that include Janów and Złoty Potok, which are two of our core towns. The number indicates how many times the name appears. Records for persons from this town can also appear in projects for other towns, especially in marriage records and records for non-permanent residents.

For Janów and Złoty Potok (and nearby towns), some data will be in our Holocaust records, but the vast majority will be in our pre‑Holocaust database.

42 ABRAAMOWICZ
8 ABRACHAMOWICZ
3 ABRACHAMOWICZOW
12 ABRAMOWICZ
3 ABRAMSON
3 ABRAMZON
5 ADLOR
5 AJCHENWALD
19 AJZENBERG
37 AKERMAN
5 ALTBAUM
4 ALTHANS
64 ALTMAN
3 ALTMANOW
5 AMSTERDAM
57 AMSTERDAMER
10 AMSZTERDAMER
4 ANGIELCZYK
6 ANKLOWICZ
4 ARBUSMAN
9 ARONOWICZ
5 ASZKENAZYDR
3 AWRUCH
4 BABA
52 BAJGEL
4 BAJGELOW
3 BAJGIEL
3 BAJGIELMAN
3 BAJGLOW
3 BAJKELMAN
3 BALDERMAN
3 BALIN
4 BALSAM
5 BALZAM
6 BARENSZTAJN
3 BAUMWOL
4 BENCLOWICZ
3 BENDKOWSKI
4 BEREK
4 BERENSZTAJN
4 BERGER
3 BERGMAN
36 BERKOWICZ
16 BERLINER
9 BERMAN
5 BESSER
3 BESSERMAN
4 BEUTEL
3 BIALEK
3 BICZ
8 BIDERMAN
21 BILET
6 BIMKA
4 BINDER
7 BINSZTOK
5 BIRENSZTAJN
3 BIRNBAUM
6 BLACHARZ
6 BLANDGRUND
3 BLECH
5 BLIOCH
19 BLOCH
3 BLUGREND
3 BLUGRIN
7 BLUGRIND
15 BLUGRYND
16 BLUM
6 BLUMBERG
3 BLUMENKRANTZ
6 BOGUNIA
3 BOMBA
7 BORENSTAJN
3 BORENSTEIN
3 BORENSZTAIN
140 BORENSZTAJN
3 BORENSZTAJNOW
8 BORENSZTEIN
21 BORENSZTEJN
3 BORENSZTYN
3 BORNSTEIN
13 BORNSZTAJN
4 BORNSZTEJN
6 BOROWICKA
4 BOROWICKAJA
6 BOROWIECKA
4 BORZIKOWSKA
21 BORZIKOWSKI
24 BORZYKOWSKA
24 BORZYKOWSKI
3 BOZIKOWSKI
8 BOZYKOWSKI
6 BRANDES
7 BRANDYS
4 BRAT
3 BRATMAN
3 BRAUN
3 BRAUNER
3 BRAUNSTEIN
3 BRESKEL
3 BROCLAWSKA
3 BROCLAWSKAJA
15 BROCLAWSKI
3 BROSLAWSKI
7 BRUSEK
6 BRZOSKA
4 BRZUSKA
3 BUCHMAN
4 BULWA
11 BULWIK
4 BURSTEIN
10 CECHTIGER
23 CECHTYGER
3 CECHTYGIER
6 CELEK
3 CEMSKA
3 CHAMERMAN
4 CHANDELMAN
13 CHANDZELEK
3 CHASKIEL
61 CHAUPTMAN
34 CHERMAN
6 CHLADZYNSKI
3 CHONIGMAN
4 CHOPTMAN
3 CHOPTMANOW
4 CHORN
125 CHOROWICZ
3 CHRZANOWSKA
4 CHUDELMAN
20 CHUTMAN
6 CIMERMAN
4 CIOLEK
7 CUKERMAN
12 CUKIERMAN
3 CYCHTYGIER
10 CYTERMAN
8 CZABAN
4 CZAPNIK
3 CZARNA
5 CZARNY
4 CZESTOCHOWSKA
4 CZESTOCHOWSKI
4 CZUBATKA
9 DAJCH
4 DANCIGER
4 DANCYGIER
3 DANKOWICZ
4 DAWID
29 DAWIDOWICZ
5 DEGEN
4 DEUTSCH
4 DIAMANT
20 DIAMENT
3 DIMANT
4 DIMENDBERG
3 DINNER
10 DJAMENT
6 DRESLER
3 DRILICH
6 DROZDZIK
3 DROZDZYK
8 DRYLICH
4 DYAMENT
6 DYCHTWALD
3 DYJAMENT
3 DYKERMAN
4 DYMAND
455 DYMANT
4 DYMANTOW
3 DZIALOSZYNSKA
5 EHRENKRANZ
5 EIDELSTEIN
4 EJZENBERG
26 EKSZTAJN
3 EKSZTEJN
3 ENDLENDER
30 ENGLENDER
3 ENGLER
4 ENZEL
4 EPSTEIN
4 EPSZTAJN
4 EPSZTEJN
25 ERENFRID
28 ERENFRYD
6 ERINFRID
4 ERINFRYD
5 ERLICH
17 ERNST
16 ERYNFRYD
6 FABRYKANT
45 FAERSZTAJN
3 FAERSZTAJNOW
13 FAIERSZTAJN
4 FAJERKOP
13 FAJERMAN
3 FAJERSZTAIN
127 FAJERSZTAJN
3 FAJERSZTAJNOW
4 FAJERSZTEIN
10 FAJERSZTEJN
4 FAJERTAK
15 FAJFKOP
14 FAJFKOPF
4 FAJGENBLAT
8 FAJNER
3 FAJWKOP
7 FAJWLOWICZ
3 FALLS
3 FARENSZTAJN
12 FEDERMAN
3 FEINBERG
5 FELDHENDLER
8 FELDMAN
4 FELDMANN
3 FELZENSZTAJN
3 FERSTER
3 FERSZTAJN
3 FILIPOWICZ
5 FINKELSTEIN
3 FISCHBACH
10 FISZEL
3 FISZER
4 FISZLOWICZ
22 FISZMAN
4 FISZPAN
6 FOLTFOGEL
9 FRAJMAN
3 FREJBERG
4 FREJLICH
3 FREJMAN
11 FRENKEL
14 FRENKIEL
12 FRID
5 FRIDE
7 FRIDENSON
98 FRIDMAN
4 FRISZMAN
3 FROMER
4 FRUHLING
10 FRYD
48 FRYDMAN
5 FRYMORGEN
5 FRYSZMAN
4 FUCHS
14 FUKS
3 FURBERCH
109 FURBERG
3 GALSTER
12 GAUPTMAN
3 GELBCHAUER
5 GELBER
6 GELBERT
5 GELBHART
3 GELBHAUER
3 GELBORT
4 GELDNER
4 GELERNT
4 GELMAN
24 GERMAN
5 GERSZONOWICZ
3 GINSBERG
4 GITLER
5 GLAJCER
21 GLEJCER
3 GLIDMAN
8 GLIKSMAN
4 GLOWACKI
13 GNENDELMAN
8 GODCHAJNER
45 GODFRID
20 GODFRYD
16 GOLD
55 GOLDBERG
6 GOLDBERGOW
8 GOLDFELD
18 GOLDMAN
3 GOLDMANN
3 GOLDSCHMIDT
13 GOLDSTEIN
6 GOLDSZTAJN
5 GOLDSZTEIN
5 GOLDSZTEJN
13 GOROWICZ
3 GOTAJNER
29 GOTFRID
36 GOTFRYD
4 GOTLIB
6 GOTTFRIED
9 GRAJCER
159 GRANEK
5 GRANKOW
5 GRANKOWICZ
5 GRAUMAN
4 GRIM
3 GRIMBERG
5 GRIN
16 GRINBERG
30 GROSMAN
4 GROSSMANN
5 GRUNBERG
20 GRUSZKA
4 GRYN
9 GRYNBERG
3 GRYNER
3 GUCZENSKA
8 GUTERMAN
6 GUTFRAJND
166 GUTMAN
4 GUTMANN
3 GUTMANOW
8 HALPERN
4 HAMMERMANN
38 HAUPTMAN
3 HECHT
6 HELLER
3 HERCZKOWICZ
18 HERMAN
5 HERSZKOWICZ
5 HERSZLIK
3 HERSZLIKOW
12 HERSZLIKOWICZ
3 HERSZLIKOWICZOWNA
4 HERTZ
3 HEY
48 HOROWICZ
3 HUTMAN
7 ICKOWICZ
8 IZRAELOWICZ
4 IZRAILOWICZ
5 JABLONSKA
18 JAKOBOWICZ
3 JAKOBOWICZOW
4 JAKOBOWICZOWNA
48 JAKUBOWICZ
3 JAKUBOWICZOW
6 JANOW
31 JANOWER
3 JASKIEROWICZ
7 JASKOWICZ
28 JASKROWICZ
5 JCKOWICZ
9 JCYK
9 JCYKOW
9 JCYKOWICZ
3 JEGERGARN
14 JELEN
4 JICKEL
15 JOACHIMOWICZ
8 JOCHYMOWICZ
3 JOCHYMOWICZOWNA
3 JOKIEL
17 JOSKOWICZ
11 JOZEFOWICZ
5 JUDKIEWICZ
3 JZRAEL
7 JZRAELOWICZ
5 KACENGOLD
12 KACZKA
5 KALIN
11 KALMA
6 KALMAK
4 KALMAN
11 KALMIAK
7 KALMJACH
13 KALMJAK
3 KALMJAKOW
3 KALMYAK
5 KAM
8 KAMINSKA
25 KANTOR
3 KAR
4 KARALINSKA
3 KARCZEWSKI
6 KAROLINSKI
3 KARTURZ
5 KARTUS
4 KARTUSZ
4 KASS
7 KATZ
4 KAUFMAN
13 KELBAS
5 KELLER
6 KEMPNER
9 KENIGSBERG
4 KEPLER
3 KERSZENBAUM
11 KHON
9 KICHENBERG
10 KIELBAS
3 KIFER
63 KILSZTAJN
10 KILSZTEJN
5 KISEL
6 KISIAL
13 KLAJMAN
6 KLAJN
5 KLAJNER
4 KLAJNERMAN
6 KLAJNPLAC
3 KLEJN
35 KLIN
11 KLING
8 KLUK
25 KNOBLER
3 KOCHN
3 KOCZBART
17 KOHN
31 KOLIN
8 KOLTUN
129 KON
4 KONARSKA
3 KONIARSKA
3 KONIECPOLSKI
4 KOPLOWICZ
3 KORNBLITT
9 KORZUCHOWSKA
3 KOSTROWICH
4 KOWALSKI
3 KOZAK
4 KOZUCHOWSKA
4 KOZUCHOWSKI
3 KRAJBERG
7 KRAJCBERG
4 KRAJCBERGOW
3 KRAJZBERG
9 KRAKAUER
10 KRAKOWSKA
33 KRAKOWSKI
7 KRASNER
3 KREMSKI
5 KRIMAN
4 KROMOLOWSKA
16 KROSNER
3 KROSNEROW
10 KRYMAN
5 KRZEPICKA
5 KUCK
12 KUKLINSKI
3 KUTNER
6 LACHMAN
5 LAJTMAN
9 LAMPA
10 LANCMAN
6 LANDA
51 LANDAU
19 LANDE
6 LASK
17 LASKER
4 LASKIER
3 LASKUTA
4 LAYZEROWICZ
6 LECHMAN
12 LEDERMAN
4 LEIBOWICZ
3 LEIDMANN
54 LEJTMAN
15 LEKAWSKI
3 LENCNER
12 LENCZNER
102 LERNER
3 LERNEROW
12 LEWEK
49 LEWENSZTAJN
10 LEWENSZTEJN
18 LEWI
37 LEWIN
4 LEWINSZTAJN
6 LEWITZ
7 LEWKOW
61 LEWKOWICZ
11 LEWKOWICZOW
6 LEWKOWICZOWNA
4 LEWKOWY
3 LEYWY
84 LIBERMAN
40 LIBROWICZ
20 LICHTENFELD
3 LICHTENSZTAJN
15 LICHTMAN
10 LIEBERMAN
5 LIFSCHITZ
5 LINDENBAUM
4 LINDNER
3 LIOCHTIGER
6 LIPSZIC
8 LIPSZYC
50 LIS
9 LITMAN
4 LOBTMANN
3 LUGERNER
3 LUKS
14 LUSTIGER
26 LUSTYGER
12 LUSTYGIER
3 MAGINSKY
10 MAJEROWICZ
9 MAJOROWICZ
4 MAJTELES
4 MANELA
6 MAREK
7 MARKIEWICZ
3 MARKOW
91 MARKOWICZ
5 MARKOWICZOW
3 MARKSON
7 MEDAKIEWICZ
4 MEDLOWICZ
3 MEISEL
7 MENDLOWICZ
5 MICHAJLOWICZ
41 MICHALOWICZ
14 MICHALOWSKI
3 MIETKIEWICZ
9 MIGALSKI
3 MILECKA
8 MILSTAIN
3 MILSTEIN
190 MILSZTAJN
8 MILSZTAJNOW
20 MILSZTEIN
19 MILSZTEJN
6 MINC
5 MINDSZTAJN
7 MIODOWNIK
3 MIRLIS
4 MITELBERG
5 MITELMAN
4 MONTAG
3 MOREL
4 MORELL
7 MORTENFELD
4 MOSEK
7 MOSKOW
163 MOSKOWICZ
6 MOSKOWICZOW
4 MOSKOWICZOWNA
7 MOSZIEK
4 MOSZKOW
188 MOSZKOWICZ
7 MOSZKOWICZOW
7 MULARZ
3 MURAWIEC
5 MUSZINSKA
20 MUSZYNSKA
3 NACHMA
4 NACHMAN
3 NACHMANOWICZ
3 NACHMOW
3 NADEL
3 NAJBERG
6 NAJFELD
27 NAJMAN
8 NEJMAN
3 NETKA
5 NEUFELD
8 NIRENBERG
5 NITKA
3 NOREMBERG
5 NORENBERG
3 NOSK
3 NOWOMIEJSKA
19 NUDELMAN
3 OBERWEISS
10 ODERBERG
7 OFMAN
3 OPENCHAIM
12 OPENCHAJM
12 OPENGAJM
6 OPPENGAJM
3 OPPENGEJM
9 OPPENHEIM
20 ORBACH
4 OSTROWSKY
4 OWIECZKA
6 PAIM
4 PAJM
6 PANSKA
11 PANSKI
6 PAWLOWICZ
9 PEJSACH
123 PEJSAK
3 PEJSIK
6 PELMAN
6 PENIOK
17 PERELSZTAJN
9 PERKAL
4 PERKALOW
9 PERL
6 PERLMANN
3 PERTCHIK
3 PFEFER
3 PINCZUK
45 PINKUS
6 PINKUSOW
3 PINZNK
3 PLATEK
5 PLAWNER
11 PLEJZEROWICZ
6 POJSAK
4 POMERANC
6 POTOPSKI
3 POZMANTIER
4 POZNANSKA
3 POZNANSKI
6 PRAJZEROWICZ
32 PRASZKER
15 PRASZKIER
244 PREJZEROWICZ
14 PREJZOROWICZ
3 PROPORT
5 PRUSANSKY
12 PRYZEROWICZ
8 PRZYROWSKA
5 PYTOWSKA
13 RABINOWICZ
3 RACZYNSKI
7 RAJCHERC
22 RAJGERC
154 RAJNCHERC
9 RAJNCHERCOW
15 RAJNCHERTZ
3 RAJNCHORC
3 RAJNCHORTZ
168 RAJNGERC
35 RAJNHERC
6 RAJNHORE
4 RAJZMAN
4 RAPAPORT
4 RATNOWSKA
3 RAWICZ
3 RAYNER
3 REBENSZTOK
7 REGEN
4 REJNCHERTZ
9 REJNGERC
3 RENKSZOWICZ
10 RICHTER
86 ROCHWARGER
41 ROCHWERGER
3 ROCHWERGIER
3 RODAL
25 RODSZILD
18 RODSZYLD
9 ROSENBLUM
6 ROSENFELD
3 ROSENSZAJN
3 ROSENTHAL
4 ROTBARG
11 ROTBART
3 ROTENBERG
5 ROTENSZTAJN
4 ROTH
3 ROTHBART
7 ROTMAN
3 ROTNER
21 ROTSZILD
51 ROTSZYLD
19 ROZEN
51 ROZENBAUM
37 ROZENBERG
9 ROZENBLAT
4 ROZENBLUM
8 ROZENCWAJG
34 ROZENFELD
7 ROZENSZTAJN
5 ROZENWALD
3 ROZENWALDOW
8 RUBIN
6 RUBINSZTAJN
5 RUPRECHT
37 RYCHTER
3 RYCHTEROW
4 RYCHTIGER
3 RYDLEWICZ
5 RYNBERG
5 SACK
3 SAKS
3 SALAMONOWICZ
37 SALOMONOWICZ
3 SALOMONOWICZOW
4 SAMEL
3 SAMMEL
7 SANDOMIERSKA
8 SANDOMIRSKA
5 SANDOMIRSKI
3 SAX
6 SCHERMAN
7 SCHITZER
4 SCHWARTZ
3 SERACOWSKY
5 SIAPSIA
5 SIAPSIOW
3 SIEJAK
3 SIERADZKA
4 SILMAN
3 SIMSIA
13 SIWEK
3 SLIWINSKA
3 SLIWKA
5 SLOMKOWICZ
4 SMULOWICZ
4 SOBELMAN
4 SOHN
3 SOLOMIN
3 SOLORIAN
6 SPITZ
68 STAROZUM
4 STEIN
3 STEINER
3 STOILER
8 STOPNICKI
183 STOROZUM
9 STOZANSKI
6 STRAUSMAN
30 STRAUZMAN
15 STROSBERG
3 STROZ
5 STROZBERG
3 SULKOWKI
7 SULKOWSKA
13 SULKOWSKI
3 SULMAN
5 SWICENT
8 SZAJA
3 SZAJKOWICZ
8 SZAJOWICZ
8 SZANCER
3 SZAPSIA
20 SZCZEKACZ
3 SZEFER
3 SZEKAC
6 SZERMAN
3 SZILIT
6 SZLAMKOWICZ
3 SZLAMOWICZ
5 SZLEZINGER
4 SZLEZYNGIER
20 SZLIMER
4 SZMIT
7 SZMULEWICZ
6 SZMULOWICZ
33 SZOPA
6 SZOSTEK
3 SZPAJZMAN
3 SZPICER
219 SZPILBERG
5 SZPIRA
3 SZRYFT
5 SZTERN
7 SZTIBEL
4 SZTILBERG
3 SZTRASBURG
18 SZTYBEL
5 SZTYLBERG
3 SZTYLMAN
3 SZTYMEL
3 SZULDING
15 SZULDINGER
17 SZULDYNGER
3 SZULDYNGIER
13 SZULKLAPER
7 SZULMAN
24 SZWARC
25 SZWARCBAUM
11 SZWARCBERG
3 SZWARTZ
3 SZWIMER
7 SZYLIT
3 TEMPEL
14 TENENBAUM
4 TENENBERG
3 TENNENBAUM
8 TEPER
3 TOTMAN
36 TRAJMAN
4 TRUCHTMANN
3 TUCHSZER
6 TURNER
3 TYKOCKA
8 UKRAINIEC
4 UMFLAT
3 UMLAS
3 UNTERHALTER
17 URBACH
3 WAISKOP
7 WAJDENBAUM
3 WAJFRYL
8 WAJNBERG
6 WAJNCHOLC
15 WAJNRAJCH
6 WAJNRYB
8 WAJNSZTAJN
6 WAJNSZTOK
5 WAJNTRAUB
4 WAJS
4 WAJSBART
38 WAJSKOP
11 WAJSKOPF
24 WAJSMAN
5 WAJTWOGEL
74 WAKSMAN
5 WAKSMANOW
4 WALBERG
3 WALDBERG
14 WALDFOGEL
4 WALEWELSKI
5 WALTFOGEL
4 WANG
3 WARGON
8 WARMUND
4 WARSCHANSKY
6 WARSCHITZKI
3 WARSZAWSKA
4 WARSZAWSKI
8 WAXMAN
8 WEIDENBAUM
3 WEINBERG
4 WEINSELBAUM
3 WEINSTEIN
5 WEINSTOCK
3 WEISBROT
3 WEISMAN
5 WEISS
5 WEISSFISCH
19 WEKSLER
12 WEKSZTAJN
6 WEKSZTEJN
5 WELTFOGEL
3 WERBEK
4 WETTER
5 WEXLER
5 WIDERMAN
4 WIENER
3 WIERNIK
6 WIESELTHIER
5 WINDMAN
5 WINER
19 WINTER
4 WOLBERG
15 WOLDFOGEL
7 WOLDFOGIEL
4 WOLF
3 WOLFOGEL
14 WOLFOWICZ
38 WOLTFOGEL
22 WOLTFOGIEL
35 WOZNICA
13 WROCLAWSKA
53 WROCLAWSKI
4 WULFOWICZ
3 ZAJACZKOWSKA
20 ZAJDMAN
5 ZAJDNER
7 ZAKS
9 ZALBERG
235 ZALCBERG
11 ZALCBERGOW
11 ZALCMAN
3 ZALMAN
3 ZAMMEL
3 ZAX
13 ZELCER
5 ZELKOWICZ
4 ZELMAN
4 ZELMOWICZ
7 ZELTEN
4 ZELTYN
12 ZIGELBAUM
9 ZIGELMAN
17 ZILBERBERG
6 ZILBERG
9 ZILBERMINC
3 ZILBERSZTAJN
40 ZOLTA
45 ZOLTY
3 ZORBECHKA
9 ZULTA
10 ZULTY
97 ZYGELBAUM
13 ZYGELMAN
16 ZYGIELBAUM
6 ZYGIELMAN
9 ZYLBERBERG
3 ZYLBERSZTAJN
4 ZYNGER
3 ZYSER
4 ZYSKIND
3 ZYSMAN

Historical information on towns is drawn from Encyclopedia Judaica (Jerusalem, Israel: Macmillan, 1978), Shmuel Spector, editor-in-chief; The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (New York: New York University Press, 2001); The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945 (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2018); Pinkas Hakehillot: Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Poland (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1976); and several town Yizkor books. For their help with translating town histories, CRARG thanks Gloria Berkenstat Freund (Yiddish) and Udi Cain (Hebrew).