Gallery Poland — Daughters of Jacob Gen

For much of the past 1000 years, Poland has had some of the most favorable policies in Europe towards Jews. Consequently, prior to WWII, it became the center of European Jewry, with a population of nearly 3.5 million Jews.

The Carpathian Mountains stretch across Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, and Romania.

Jewish life in Poland from a woman's Family Tree Book

Jewish life in Poland from a man's Family Tree Book

1934 Beuthen, Poland phone directory, synagogue, post office, 1923 map.

The telephone directory page contains several family surnames.

Original Jewish birth and marriage certificates. Photos show nearby parks in respective seasons.

Beuthen (also Bytom, Königshütte, or Roßberg) maps. Henriette lived by a train station.

1920-30s photos of moorish style Beuthen synagogue, also young children.

Przemysl, Poland. Medieval map, 1852 map, and modern aerial photo.

Austria-Hungary map and history of WWI Siege of Przemysl

Photos of Przemysl Jewish City, Jewish Orphanage, and WWI Austrian-Russian history

1880 drawings of Polish Jews and various professions. Photo of San River.