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Szumsk

Poland

Jews began to settle in Szumsk in the first half of the 18th century. In 1897, under the rule of the Russian Empire, the Jewish population of the town numbered 1,962 and comprised approximately 87 percent of its total population. After World War I Szumsk was incorporated into the independent Polish state as part of the Volhyn Region. In 1921 the Jewish population of the town stood at 1,717 and comprised 73 percent of its total population. In the interwar period some Jews were grain or lumber merchants, while others were artisans. Zionist parties and youth movements (such as HeHalutz and Beitar) were active in...

Szumsk, Poland

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Szumsk

Krzemieniec

Wolyn

Poland

Michalowka Szumsk, Poland

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Michalowka Szumsk

Krzemieniec

Wolyn

Poland

List of witnesses from Szumsk, 1944

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results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, List of Survivors

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Szumsk - Commemoration of Jewish Victims

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According to one testimony, shortly after the war, the murder site of the Szumsk Jews on the bank of the Viliya River had been trampled upon by domestic animals. As a result, there was an attempt to turn to the local authorities in order to have the murder site fenced off, but it is unknown whether a fence was, in fact, constructed or not. In 1991 a memorial was erected at the murder site of the Szumsk Jews. It has a wall with a bas-relief with figures of Holocaust victims -- Jewish men, women, and children who had perished in Szumsk. The memorial has a black marble monument, topped with a Star...

Testimony of Malka Molly (Borstein) Friedman, born in Szumsk, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Szumsk Ghetto, in hiding and in Wolkowce

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Testimony of Malka Molly (Borstein) Friedman, born in Szumsk, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Szumsk Ghetto, in hiding and in Wolkowce German occupation; attitude toward the Jews; establishment of the Szumsk Ghetto, March 1942; Szumsk Ghetto life including rumors concerning the liquidation of Jews in the surrounding area; "Aktion", Elul (August), 1942; life in hiding in the ghetto with her mother, brother and a group of Jews, for eight days; murder of her father in the "Aktion"; joined to a group of Jews, to collect the clothing and belongings of the murdered people; concentration of...

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