OELS (Polish Olesnica) Lower Silesia, Germany, today Poland.
Jewish settlement commenced no later than 1329. In 1535, the Jews were expelled and the synagogue was converted into an armory. The community was reestablished only in the 18th century. Its population in 1758 was 24. A synagogue was consecrated in 1817 and a cemetery was opened around the same time. In 1845, the Jewish population was 121, increasing to 335 in 1885. From the early 20th century, Oels became the seat of the regional rabbinate and numerous organizations were active within the community, such as the Cetnral Union (C.V.) and...
Testimony of Rabbi Dr. Nachum Wahrmann regarding his time as the District Rabbi in Oels (Olesnica, Lower Silesia), 1929-1939
In the file:
April1960
Covering report prepared by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding the testimony of Rabbi Dr. Nachum Wahrmann concerning his time as the District Rabbi in Oels (Olesnica) (pp. 2-3), 1929-1939;
04 April 1960
Testimony of Rabbi Dr. Nachum Wahrmann regarding his time as District Rabbi in Oels (Olesnica, Lower Silesia), 1929-1939, including descriptions of the deteriorating attitude of the local Christian population towards the Jews from 1933, and the expulsion of...
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Testimony of Pinkas Meloch, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Tarnow and while using a false identity in Debica camp and in Zakowice and Oels
Well-to-do family; completion of studies in a high school in Tarnow.
Loss of his mother and sister during the second deportation from Tarnow; departs from Tarnow with a forged birth certificate (he has non-Jewish looks); work in Debica camp at the Ostbahn factory as a bookkeeper while using a false Polish identity, for 11 months; eye-witness to the execution of Jews upon the arrival of new transports of Polish laborers; deportation of the...
Testimony of Zeev Wolfgang Schmidt, born in Breslau, Germany in 1926, regarding his family's experiences in Breslau and Oels before 1933, and his experiences in Breslau and in Eretz Israel during 1933-1937
His family's life in Breslau and Oels before 1933; displays of antisemitism; rise to power of the Nazi Party, January 1933; boycott on the 1st of April; aliya to Eretz Israel in summer 1933; life in Eretz Israel; visit to relatives in Breslau and Oels in summer 1937; anti-Jewish legislation; displays of antisemitism; return to Eretz Israel, approximately two months later.