Photos taken in Wyszków during the 1920s and 1930s. These images are for reference purposes only! Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and YIVO. Click on the link following each thumbnail to see a large version of the photograph.

Group portrait of the members of the hachshara (Zionist agricultural training farm) in Wyszków, Poland.

Portrait of Jewish Woman in Wyszków, Poland.

Group portrait of members of the the kibbutz hachshara, Grochov, Wyszków, chapter.

Nachum, the carpenter, and his wife, in Wyszków, Poland.

Jewish women do their laundry in the river near a bridge in Wyszków, Poland.

Market-place in the town of Wyszków, Poland.

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Photo of Jack WIDELEC and Sarah WIDELEC (nee MARKOWITZ), taken in Wyszków, 1938


WIDELEC photo
Jack WIDELITZ (WIDELEC) and his wife Sarah Stella (MARKOWITZ) WIDELEC are the center piece of this photo. Sarah and Jack were first cousins, once removed. In 1938, Sarah traveled from Brooklyn to Ostrów Mazowiecka to marry her cousin Jack. During their stay in Poland, they visited family in various towns, including Wyszków where his first cousin Zwelka WIDELEC and his family lived. In May 1939, Zwelka, his wife Rebecca and son Sam immigrated to the United States. Their son Jack preceded them in Apirl 1938.
Thanks to Stanley Diamond, Executive Director of JRI-Poland, for the photo and its history.

Sitting in front:
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Rochel GOMURA GLAIZER 1929-1992

First Row, left to right:
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Samuel WIDELITZ (WIDELEC)
Zwelka WIDELTIZ (WIDELEC) 1892-1971
Sara (Stella) Chaia Sora MARKOWITZ WIDELITZ 1913-1972
Jack Yaakov WIDELITZ (WIDELEC) 1910-1993
Rebecca Ryfka ROZENBERG 1886-1972

Second Row, left to right:
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Chawa Sura WIDELEC BORENSZTEJN 1911-1941
Binem BORENSZTEJN 1909-1941
Faiga WIDELEC 1919-1942
Berel WIDELEC 1916-1942
Ray RADZMINSKI GUMORA 1903-1987
Jankiel GUMORA 1899-1971
Sara Pesza GOMURA SCHERMER

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Thanks to Mikhail Freider of Chelyabinsk, Russia, for the following photographs of his relatives from Wyszkow.

Chaya-Sura RUBINOWISZ (nee Brodowisz)1859-1939,Wegrow) and Iosef-Majer RUBINOWISZ (1860-1932,Wyszkow) - Mikhail's great grandparents, circa 1928.

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Ita-Rifka SZRON (maiden RUBINOWISZ,1884,Wyszkow-1939,Wegrow) (she lived her hole life in Wyszkow) and Avrom-Fejvel SZRON (1880,Goworowo-1959,Chaifa,Israel) - Mikhail's grandparents, circa 1930.

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Malka SZRON (1921,Wyszkow)- Mikhail's mother
Mariem SZRON (1913,Wyszkow - about 1983, Buenos-Aires,Argentina)
Ita-Rifka SZRON (1884,Wyszkow - 1939,Wegrow)- Mikhail's grandmother, with her 3 children
Kolman SZRON (1918,Wyszkow-1984,Chelyabinsk,Russia)

Photo was taken circa 1928 near their house in Wyszkow.
1.The address of the house in which Mikhail's relatives lived in Wyszkow was Senatorska str. (# 5 or 12). There is a photo of Senator's garden in the Wyszkow Yizkor Book. The house was near the Bug River (about 50 metres) between two bridges (railroad and pedestrian).
2.There were two branches in Argentina of Mikhail's relatives: Mariem Szron, now lives with her son Yosl Barab. The last name of Mariem's husband in Poland was Bacharav (Bachrov)- you can to see this name in the Wyszkow Yizkor book. A branch of Ehil Rubinovich - a brother of Mikhail's grandmother Ita - Rifka. The people of this branch were leaders of Buenos-Aires Jewish Community.

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Photos taken in Wyszków, 1939-1945:

War Damage

Demolished Town

Life in Wartime

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