Media

Documents and Vital Records

Please see the Documents and Vital Records page for a full list.

Photos

Please see the Photos page for a full exhibition.

Yiskor Books

• Klagsbrun, Shlomo. Melitser Yidin. Nay-lebn, 1979.
  • original via New York Public Library (in Yiddish)
  • English translation of Table of Contents via JewishGen
• Remembering Mielec – The destruction of the Jewish Community. Mielec Yiskor Book Committee, 1979. [full scans in PDF – 150MB]

Religious Texts

• Horowitz, Rabbi Yitzchak (Isaac). Kedushat Naftali / Birkat Yitzchak. 1950.

Other Books

There have been many books published by and about Mielec Jews. These include:

• Brandman, Bronia, and Carol Bierman. The Girl Who Survived: a True Story of the Holocaust [English]. Scholastic Inc., 2010.
• Eber, Irene. The Choice: Poland, 1939-1945 [English]. Schocken Books, 2004.

• Halberstam, Rabbi Aaron. Beit Ha’YYN [Hebrew/Yiddish]. Hamatik Printing, 1998.
• Halisz, Janusz and Andrzej Krempa. Mielec 1939-1945 [Polish]. Biblioteka Muzeum Regionalnego Nr 33, 2019.
• Halisz, Janusz. August Jaderny – Fotografista [Polish]. Biblioteka Muzeum Regionalnego Nr 50.
• Krempa, Andrzej. Zagłada Żydow Mieleckich [Polish]. Biblioteka Muzeum Regionalnego Nr 33, 2013.
• Mielec: Studia i Materiały z dziejów Miasta i Regionu [Polish], edited by Feliks Kiryk, vol. 1-3, Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Mieleckiej Im. W. Szafera Ze Środków Urzędu Miejskiego w Mielcu, 1994.
• Moskowitz, Rabbi Naftali. נר איש (The Candle Man) [Hebrew/Yiddish]. Date and publisher unknown.
• Rocznik Mielecki vol. 2000-2016 [Polish].
• Saidel, Rochelle G. Mielec, Poland: the Shtetl That Became a Nazi Concentrations Camp [English]. Gefen Publishing House, 2012.
• Taffel, Nathan and Keri Cohen. Stolen Childhood: Coming of Age While Surviving the Holocaust: Nathan Taffel’s Life Story [English]. Heart Printing & Graphics, 2010.
• Verstandig, Mark. I Rest My Case [English]. Northwestern University Press, 2002.
• Ziobroń, Jan. Dzieje Gminy Żydowskiej w Radomyśl Wielkim. Zakład Poligraficzny, 2009.
• Zucker, Benjamin. Blue: A Novel [English]. Overlook Press, 2001.

Memoirs

• Axinn, Lilly Tannenbaum. Memoir. Date and publisher unknown.
• Cohen, Israel. A Short Description of the Anti-Semitic Excesses of Mielec [of November 1, 1918]. YIVO Archives.
• Goldberg, Scheiman. Mekor Chochma [Hebrew/Yiddish]. Druck von Kahn & Fried, 1907.
• Kirschenbaum, Chaya. Memories of Mielec [Hebrew/Yiddish]. Date and Publisher unknown.
• Lichtig, Mel. Mel Lichtig Papers [German/Polish]. USHMM Collection.

USC Shoah Video Interviews

The University of Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation hosts an archive of over 55,000 video interviews of Shoah survivors. Below are links to interviews with all known survivors from the Mielec powiat.

• Altman, Abraham (in English, October 1996): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.5 hours (login required)
• Amsterdam, Yochanan (in Hebrew, January 1998): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 3 hours (login required)
• Biber née Trompeter, Tauba (in English, October 1995): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2 hours (login required)
• Bisgaier, Abraham (in English, June 1996): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.5 hours (login required)
• Blumenkehl, Joseph (in English, July 1997): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2.25 hours (login required)
• Friedman née Spirn, Esther (in English, September 1997): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.75 hours (login required)
• Heller, Naftali (in English, October 1996): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.75 hours (login required)
• Klagsbrun, Avraham (in Hebrew, September 1997): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2.5 hours (login required)
• Kobryner née Recht, Bertha (in English, September 1996): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2 hours (login required)
• Korn, Israel (in English, September 1997): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2.25 hours (login required)
• Poser née Felsen-Neuman, Ruchelle (in English, September 1995): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2.25 hours (login required)
• Scharf, David (in Hebrew, March 2000): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.5 hours (login required)
• Schor, Leon (in English, March 1997): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 3 hours (login required)
• Shiler, Mordechai (in Hebrew, November 1995): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.5 hours (login required)
• Smith née Geminder, Lore (in English, April 1998): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 4 hours
• Stern, Morris (in English, February 1996): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.5 hours (login required)
• Susskind, Sally (in English, February 1996): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.5 hours (login required)
• Swierzynska née Zaltzmann, Helena (in English, November 1998): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.75 hours (login required)
• Taffel, Nathan (in English, May 1996): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2 hours (login required)
• Trompeter, Naftali (in English, February 1995): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 1.25 hours (login required)
• Verstandig, Mark (in English, May 1997)
  • Part 1 (YouTube – 4 hours)
  • Part 2 (YouTube – 4 hours)
  • Part 3 (YouTube – 3.5 hours)
• Zuckerbrot, David (in English, March 1995): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2.5 hours (login required)
• Zukerbrot, David (in English, November 1981): via USCShoah Visual History Archive – 2.25 hours (login required)

Museum Exhibitions

• “Shtetl Mielec” at the Muzeum Historii Fotografii “Jadernowka” in November 2019
  • event page (in Polish)
  • photos of the event by Włodzimierz Gąsiewski
  • video by Janusz Kipa (in Polish)
  • local news coverage (in Polish)

U.S. Holocaust Museum Oral History Interviews

• Kotlewski, Teofila (in English, March 1999). Oral history interview [U.S. Holocaust Museum Accession Number: 2015.610.2, RG Number: RG-50.273.0001].
• Lichtman, Eda (in English, May 1992). Oral history interview [U.S. Holocaust Museum Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.91, RG Number: RG-50.120.0091].
• Sittsamer, Jack (in English, July 1989). Oral history interview [U.S. Holocaust Museum Accession Number: 1990.8.28, RG Number: RG-50.063.0028].

Other Video Interviews

• Moscowitz, Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu – the Melitzer Rebbe of Ashdod. Remarks on Chanukkah [YouTube in English/Yiddish].
• Trompeter, Jacob A. (in English, December 2006): via project led by Dr. Marcia Horn at Ferrum College
  • Part 1 (30 minutes)
  • Part 2 (30 minutes)
  • Part 3 (6 minutes)

Written Testimonials

• Amsterdam, Herman: Herman Amsterdam’s report – 14 years old, located in the Central Jewish Archives of the Historical Commission No. 881 / II in Warsaw (pp. 196-203 of Dzieje Gminy Żydowskiej w Radomyśl Wielkim – see above)
• Eber née Geminder, Dr. Irene (1930 – 2019): Article by Renée Levine Melammed: “My home: Mielec, Poland” in the Jerusalem Post, 2012
• Komito, Joseph (1926 – 2018): Memoir
• Lichtman née Fisch, Eda (original was in Hebrew in 1965; it was translated into English in 1995 via the assistance of Judy Cohen & Ada Holtzman): Narrative: “From Mielec to Sobibór”
• Thaler, Alvin (1926 – 2008): Article: “The Long Road to Mielec”

Fiction & Plays

• Genzer née Hertz, Rose (1907 – 1972): Short Story – “Chulent”

Art

• Fenichel, Aba (1906 – 1986): Paintings and sketches