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Please contact me if you have
connections to Szczuczyn, and I don't already know about you.
I have a lot more material and information about Szczuczyn families that is
not online.
If your family was from Szczuczyn or you had branches in this town,
I will surely have additional data and actual records for many of your
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Announcements: |
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Akiba Rubenstein -
World Chess Champion |
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Myer Prinstein - Olympic
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Szczuczyn
Photo Exhibit:
Beth Tzedek Museum, Toronto,
Canada, March 18, 2007 until June.
Salt Lake
City, International Assn. Jewish
Genealogy Conference, July 15-20, 2007.
Previously at:
The Holocaust Museum, Houston, TX, beginning
on October 27, 2005.
Tulane University, Newcomb Art
Gallery, New Orleans, LA, March 9 - Jun 5, 2005.
Zydowski Instytut Historyczny
Museum,
Warsaw, Poland |
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New book
about the tragic events of the Holocaust in the nearby towns of Radzilow
and Jedwabne came out June 28,
2004.
Contact for
information;
Radzilow excerpt |
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Other Information:
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The town had a population of 2,506 Jewish
residents in 1921. |
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From: Where Once We Walked. A Guide to the Destroyed Communities of
the Holocaust, by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Published
by Avotaynu, Inc.,
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Other accounts place the Jewish population
at around 3,000 at the start of WWII, out of a total of about 5,000 residents. These
figures might include some of the outlying rural areas right outside of
Szczuczyn. |
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Pronounced: SHTOOT-CHIN (accent on CHIN by Jewish residents; accent
on TOOT by Polish residents) |
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Other spellings: Shtutchin, Shtutsin, Shtusin, Stuzin |
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Szczuczyn Population Statistics (Compilation of Data From Many Sources):
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Breakdown of the Individual Statistical Sources |
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Szczuczyn Population Statistics (Compilation) |
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Year |
1808 |
1827 |
1857 |
1890 |
1893 |
1897 |
1905 |
1906 |
1908 |
1914 |
1921 |
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Total Population |
2,186 |
3,068 |
2,996 |
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5,043 |
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4,502 |
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Number of Jews |
675 |
1,970 |
2,268 |
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3,336 |
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2,506 |
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Percent Jews |
31% |
64% |
76% |
81% |
73% |
66% |
73% |
58% |
58% |
69% |
56% |
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| Cemetery: |
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| The cemetery no longer exists. All that remains is an open
field with the remains of a few gravestones scattered on the
ground. It was located just slightly to the east of the
Synagogue, in the northern part of town. |
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Photo
of Cemetery Site |
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Current Statistics About the Szczuczyn Urban/Rural District: |
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Population: 7,060 |
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Area: 116 square kilometers |
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Population Density: 61 people per square kilometer |
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Mayor: Stanislaw Wydolowski |
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Current Council Chairman: Ryszard Witkowski |
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Contact me for addresses and phone numbers |
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Important institutions and organizations: The Cooperative Bank (BS); Post
Office; Polish Telecommunications; Community Centre; the Diversified Communal Enterprise
- (the municipal water mains and water treatment
plant) |
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Hotels and Restaurants: The Pocztowy Inn; The Posejdon Inn; The Samanta Restaurant |
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Other Sources of Information About Szczuczyn:
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GA (Ghetto Anthology) |
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GUM4, GUM5 (Guide to Unpublished Materials of the Holocaust Period;
Yad Vashem Archival Material) |
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HSL, HSL2 (Hebrew Subscription Lists, Books 1 and 2) |
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JGFF (Jewish Genealogical Family Finder) |
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LDL (Latter Day Leaders, Sages and Scholars) |
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LDS (Latter-day Saints Family History Library Locality Catalog) |
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PHP4 (Pinkas Hakehillot:
Poland - Vol. IV, Warszawa and its Region) |
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POCEM (Informacja Dotyczaca Cmentarzy Wyznania Mojzeszowego w Polsce)
[Jewish Cemeteries in Poland] |
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SF (Shtetl Finder) |
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YB (Yizkor Book) |
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From: Where Once We Walked. A Guide to the Destroyed Communities of
the Holocaust, by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Published
by Avotaynu, Inc.,
Teaneck, New Jersey, 1991. |
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Copyright © 2002-2009 by Jose Gutstein. All rights reserved.
Last updated: June 8, 2009 |
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