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Nachman and
Kendal Kluger Hochberg
Krakow, Poland
year unknown

TOWN INDEX
Krakow

also known as Cracow, Crackovie, Cracovia, Krakau, Krako, Krakov, Krakoy, Krakuv and Kroke
Located in Galicia Gubernia in present-day Poland
156.8 mi SSW of Warszawa
Longitude 50 degrees, 05 minutes, Latitude 19 degrees, 55 minutes

Museum of Family History links that refer to
Kraków:

Postcards from Home:
Jacob Messinger
Nachman and Kendal Kluger Hochberg
Molly and Mary Hochberg
The Hochberg Men
Hochberg Brother
The Pelikan Family

Lazar and Taube Silberfeld
The Silberfeld Family
The Silberfeld 65th Wedding Anniversary
The Sieger Family: Renya Sieger
Macia

The Baral Family
The Baral Children in the Krakow Ghetto
The Ehrlichs: Family Life Before the War
The Feuer Family
Emil and Mina Feuer
The Hirsch Family

How Our Families Came to America: From Krakow to Ellis Island
Holocaust Memorials in Eastern Europe: Krakow
Holocaust Memorials in New York: Krakow
Holocaust Memorials in Canada: Krakower Society of Montreal
Topographical Map of Krakow and its Surrounds 1933-1934
Society Gates:
Kraków

Cemetery Project: Krakow society plots in New York and New Jersey
Photos of Krakow 2005


External links of interest to
Kraków researchers:

The Jewish Community of Krakow
Center for Jewish Culture, Krakow

Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow
Krakow city site
Krakow Tourism
Krakow Ghetto Register
Memorial Book of Krakow

Museum of the Historic City of Krakow

Kazimierz Interactive Map

 
**Krakow 2005**
 

Krakow Jewish-style restaurant "Arka Noego"

Jewish-style menu from restaurant

Synagoga Remuh
 

Memorial plaque to Jewish martyrs of Cracow at Synagoga Remuh

Interior of
Remuh Synagogue
 

Wall containing fragments
of matzevot

Magnified view of
matzevot fragments
Remuh Synagogue was named after Rabbi Moshe Isserles who lived in the sixteenth century (Hebrew acronym: REMA).
It was built in the Kazimierz section of the city, where is where the Jews went when they were expelled from Krakow at the end of the fifteenth century.

Remuh Cemetery Grounds

Remuh Cemetery grounds

Entrance arch to
Remuh Cemetery

Formerly known as
Synagoga Poppera.
Built in 1620
by a wealthy businessman with
the surname Poppera
 

Synagoga Poppera in
the background
 

Possibly side of
synagogue

Synagoga Tempel.
Built in 1862 by
association of
'advanced' Jews
 

Synagoga Isaaka.
Founded by
Kazimierza Izaak
Jakubowicz,
the leader of
Cracow's Jewish Community
in the 1640s
 

Synagogue interior

Torah scrolls

Torah scrolls

Synagogue's stained glass
windows




 

 

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