In Memory of Szczuczyn, Poland

Geography:

	Location: In the former Lomza Gubernia, near the northeastern border of Poland

	Distance from important shtetls in the area:
		3.5 miles N of Wasosz; 8.4 miles SW of Grajewo; 9.3 miles NE of Grabowo; 10.2 miles NW of Klimaszewnica; 12.2 miles NNW of Radzilow Many Szczuczyn families had roots and/or cousin branches in Radzilow. There were far more marriages between residents of Radzilow and Szczuczyn than between those of Radzilow and any other town. Also, many Radzilovers moved at some point to the larger town of Szczuczyn for economic reasons. 15.1 miles NNE of Stawiski; 18.3 miles NE of Kolno; 19.3 miles WNW of Goniadz; 19.6 miles N of Jedwabne; 20.0 miles SW of Rajgrod; 25.5 miles N of Wizna; 27.9 miles NNE of Lomza

	Coordinates: 53° 34'N / 22° 18'E
	Latitude: 53.5667 Longitude: 22.3000
	Altitude: 495 feet (150 meters)
	Currently in Podlaskie Province, Grajewski District (which includes 5 counties: Grajewo, Radzilow, Rajgrod, Szczuczyn, Wasosz)

Announcements:

		Akiba Rubenstein - World Chess Champion

		Myer Prinstein - Olympic Athlete

		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

		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

Other Information:

	The town had a population of 2,506 Jewish residents in 1921.
		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.
	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.
	Pronounced: SHTOOT-CHIN (accent on CHIN by Jewish residents; accent on TOOT by Polish residents)
	Other spellings: Shtutchin, Shtutsin, Shtusin, Stuzin

Szczuczyn Population Statistics (Compilation of Data From Many Sources):

	Breakdown of the Individual Statistical Sources

Szczuczyn Population Statistics (Compilation)

Year	1808	1827	1857	1890	1893	1897	1905	1906	1908	1914	1921
Total Population	2,186	3,068	2,996	--	--	5,043	--	--	--	--	4,502
Number of Jews	675	1,970	2,268	--	--	3,336	--	--	--	--	2,506
Percent Jews	31%	64%	76%	81%	73%	66%	73%	58%	58%	69%	56%

Cemetery:

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.

Photo of Cemetery Site

Current Statistics About the Szczuczyn Urban/Rural District:

Population: 7,060

Area: 116 square kilometers

Population Density: 61 people per square kilometer

Mayor: Stanislaw Wydolowski

Current Council Chairman: Ryszard Witkowski

Contact me for addresses and phone numbers

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)

Hotels and Restaurants: The Pocztowy Inn; The Posejdon Inn; The Samanta Restaurant

Other Sources of Information About Szczuczyn:

GA (Ghetto Anthology)

GUM4, GUM5 (Guide to Unpublished Materials of the Holocaust Period;
Yad Vashem Archival Material)

HSL, HSL2 (Hebrew Subscription Lists, Books 1 and 2)

JGFF (Jewish Genealogical Family Finder)

LDL (Latter Day Leaders, Sages and Scholars)

LDS (Latter-day Saints Family History Library Locality Catalog)

PHP4 (Pinkas Hakehillot: Poland - Vol. IV, Warszawa and its Region)

POCEM (Informacja Dotyczaca Cmentarzy Wyznania Mojzeszowego w Polsce)
[Jewish Cemeteries in Poland]

SF (Shtetl Finder)

YB (Yizkor Book)

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.