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Polin Oral History - Kirena Rympel (Horowitz)
Polin Oral History - Kirena Rympel (Horowitz)

The December installment of the POLIN Museum Oral History series features a recording of an interview with Kirena Rympel, née Horowitz, granddaughter of Józef Horowitz from Czarny Dunajec.
"I'd Like to Tell How the City Perished"
"I'd Like to Tell How the City Perished"

Until now, there has been no book that comprehensively describes the history of the Jews of Nowy Targ, and especially their extermination.

Visit of Steiner's family relatives
Visit of Steiner's family relatives

Descendants of the Steiner family living in the USA visited Czarny Dunajec.
New story: "Tehran Children" from Czarny Dunajec
New story: "Tehran Children" from Czarny Dunajec

In the "History" section was published the story of four children who survived the Holocaust in the east and reached Palestine as the so-called "Tehran Children".
A book from Mejloch Kleinzahler's collection found
A book from Mejloch Kleinzahler's collection found

The library in Kraków has a copy of Shalem Asch' stories from the book collection of Mejloch Kleinzahler from Czarny Dunajec.
Testimony of survivor Wilhelm Hollender
Testimony of survivor Wilhelm Hollender

An unfinished testiomony of Holocaust survivor Wilhelm Hollender, a well-known film producer who was born on September 24, 1922 in Czarny Dunajec.
New family history
New family history

The history of the Korngut family has been published in the “Family Stories” section.
Józef Korngut's identity card
Józef Korngut's identity card

New documents in the digital archive of Jews from Czarny Dunajec include Józef Dawid Korngut's pre-war identity card and copies of his and his wife's birth certificates.
Commemoration of the Holocaust victims
Commemoration of the Holocaust victims

The commemoration in Czarny Dunajec took place on August 28.
Meeting with Rachel Steiner's descendants in the USA
Meeting with Rachel Steiner's descendants in the USA

During my stay in Washington, I met with the daughters of Rachel Adela Roitman, née Steiner, who was born in 1920 in Czarny Dunajec.
Czarny Dunajec at the USHMM in Washington
Czarny Dunajec at the USHMM in Washington

Visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in August 2024.
Conference of the Forum for Dialogue Network
Conference of the Forum for Dialogue Network

The annual conference of activists of the Forum for Dialogue Network took place this year on June 7-9 in Zegrze.
Commemoration of the Holocaust victims in 2024 - Invitation
Commemoration of the Holocaust victims in 2024 - Invitation

This year we want to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust from Czarny Dunajec and the region on Wednesday, August 28.
Murder of four Jews in 1945
Murder of four Jews in 1945

May 11 marks the 79th anniversary of the murder of four Jews from Czarny Dunajec and Odrowąż: Wilhelm Reich, Leon Karaś, Baruch Feit and Chaim Blauder.
Helena Horowitz's birth anniversary
Helena Horowitz's birth anniversary

On May 9, 1940, Helena Horowitz was born in Tarnów, the daughter of Chaim Horowitz from Czarny Dunajec and his wife Schifra.
Ilan Gal's visit to the cemetery
Ilan Gal's visit to the cemetery

Another delegation from Israel visited the Jewish cemetery in Czarny Dunajec.

Horowitz family killed in Przemyślany
Horowitz family killed in Przemyślany

Another new document from the archive, this time concerning the Horowitz family from Czarny Dunajec and Chocholow.
New family stories: the Lehrers and the Blitzes
New family stories: the Lehrers and the Blitzes

Two new family histories have recently been published on the site - the Lehrers and the Blitzes, and the Bachner family history has been completed.
New documents concerning Alfreda Bachner
New documents concerning Alfreda Bachner

New documents from the Yad Vashem's archives regarding the wartime fate of Alfreda Bachner, whose story was one of the first described on the site.

Summary of the year 2023
Summary of the year 2023

The jewishczarnydunajec.pl website has only been up and running since August, but it's worth noting some important events since the beginning of the year. I invite you to a summary of 2023.
New photo of the Horowitz family
New photo of the Horowitz family

We have just received a new family photo, which shows the entire Horowitz family from Czarny Dun
Georg Jonas - fighter for Polish independence
Georg Jonas - fighter for Polish independence

Georg Jonas was honoured at the open-air exhibition 'Faces of independence fighters from Czarny Dunajec and surroundings'.
Marriage certificate of Mendel Kleinzahler and Reisel Korngut
Marriage certificate of Mendel Kleinzahler and Reisel Korngut

Another document that has found its way into our archive is an entry in the 1926 marriage book - Mendel Kleinzahler and Reisel Korngut.
The story of an innkeeper's daughter from Chochołów
The story of an innkeeper's daughter from Chochołów

An amazing story about a Jewish girl from Chochołów who married a local highlander before the war.

Marriage certificate of Genendel Minka Korngut
Marriage certificate of Genendel Minka Korngut

Genendel Minka Korngut from Czarny Dunajec married Izak Aron Kalfus from Spišská Stara Ves on 15 November 1899.
List of telephone subscribers from 1939
List of telephone subscribers from 1939

List of telephone subscribers from Czarny Dunajec and Chochołów from 1939 with the names of Jewish residents.
New tree in the cemetery
New tree in the cemetery

Ron Cohen Paraira of the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Lohamei Hagetaot has planted a new tree in the Jewish cemetery. The oak will bear the name 'Ron'
Anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm Hollender
Anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm Hollender

101 years ago, Wilhelm Hollender, movie producer who worked with Jerzy Hoffman and Agnieszka Holland, among others, was born in Czarny Dunajec.
Birth certificate of Henryk Horowitz
Birth certificate of Henryk Horowitz

This valuable document was donated to the archive by Mrs Kristina Horowitz Krakus, whose father was born in Czarny Dunajec.
Presentation of the new website
Presentation of the new website

Oon Monday, August 28, a meeting was held to promote a new website dedicated to the history of the Jewish community in the region.
Remembering our Jewish neighbors
Remembering our Jewish neighbors

On the anniversary of the extermination of the Jews from Czarny Dunajec, a ceremony was held to commemorate this event.
The launch of the Jewish Czarny Dunajec website
The launch of the Jewish Czarny Dunajec website

The launch of the Jewish Czarny Dunajec website is scheduled for August 28, 2023
Commemoration of the Holocaust victims
Commemoration of the Holocaust victims

Celebration of the 81st anniversary of the Holocaust of the Jews from Czarny Dunajec
The delegation from Matte Asher
The delegation from Matte Asher

On May 13, a delegation from the Matte Asher region in northern Israel came to Czarny Dunajec for the second time.