Żarki (Poland) Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery

CRARG member Yehuda Schmidt shares photographs from a trip to Żarki, Poland, in July 2010:

My father, Asher (originally Usher) Schmidt and the Mayor of Żarki, Klemens Podlejski:

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The Żarki Jewish Cemetery:

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The Żarki Jewish Cemetery (my kids are searching for Schmidt tombstones):

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The broken tombstone of my father’s uncle (Zvi Hershel Schmidt), at the Żarki Jewish Cemetery:

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The main synagogue, undergoing renovation as a community center:

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The main synagogue (the elevated floor where the Bima and Ark used to be):

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