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History Of Jews In Szydłowiec
History of Jews in Szydłowiec refers to the history of the Jewish religious community in Szydłowiec from the earliest mention of Jews in the town in the 16th century to 1946. The Jews of Szydłowiec formed a close-knit community within their own religious and ethnic group, carefully isolating themselves from the town's Catholic and Protestant residents until the end of the 18th century. They began arriving in large numbers in the second half of the 17th century. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, they established a thriving civic community that had a significant influence on local government decisions and the political landscape of the Radom Land. Before World War II, Jewish residents made up 76% of the town's population. They mainly lived in the northern part of the town – , Skałka, and . The once harmonious coexistence of Poles and Jews in Szydłowiec was ultimately disrupted by the war and the wave of postwar antisemitism. At the same time, Jews from Szydłowiec left a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szydłowiec
Szydłowiec (; ; ) is a town in Szydłowiec County, Mazovian Voivodeship, south-central Poland, with 5,243 inhabitants (31 December 2005). It is the seat of Gmina Szydłowiec (commune). Szydłowiec is part of the historic region of Lesser Poland. History From the 12th century the environs of Szydłowiec belonged to the powerful knightly family of Odrowąż, who were descended from Moravian-Bohemian Baworowic family. In the 13th century the site of the present castle was occupied by a stronghold on an artificial island with wood and earth defences and by a village called Szydłowiec. The present town came into being in the early 15th century. It was a private town, administratively located in the Radom County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland, and together with the neighbouring estate was the property of the Szydłowiecki and Radziwiłł families until the 19th century. The town flourished in the 16th and the first half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
