# Bełżyce <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">בלז'יצה</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Bełżyce (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Lublin County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>51°11′N 22°16′E</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1795</td><td>Bełżyce</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Lublin Voivodeship (Lesser Poland)</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1809</td><td>Bełżyce</td><td>Austrian Empire — West Galicia</td></tr> <tr><td>1809–1815</td><td>Bełżyce</td><td>Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Bełżyce</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Bełżyce</td><td>Second Polish Republic — Lublin Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Bełżyce</td><td>German occupation — General Government</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Bełżyce</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voivodeship, Lublin County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Bełżyce, ~20 km west of Lublin, received Magdeburg town rights in 1417 from King Władysław II Jagiełło; it lost town status after the January Uprising (1869) and regained it in 1958. Its Jewish community numbered roughly 2,000 (about half the town) between the wars. After 1939 a Judenrat and a transit ghetto were established (Dec 1940), concentrating Jews from surrounding towns and abroad; the ghetto was liquidated on 22 May 1942 when ~3,000 Jews were deported to Sobibór and Majdanek, and only about 35 of the town's Jews survived. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Bełżyce, Hebrew Wikipedia — בלז'יצה, Virtual Shtetl — Bełżyce, Yad Vashem Encyclopedia of the Ghettos</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Herszek Lax (b.1779)]] | Born 1779–1790 | | [[Manas Winer (b.1807)]] | Born 1807–1809, Died 11/13/1854 | | [[Chana Lax (b.1809)]] | Born ~1809 | | [[Nesia Winer (b.1811)]] | Born 1811 | | [[Herszek Osiorowicz (b.1810)]] | Died 10/08/1811 | | [[Berek Wajnfas (b.1812)]] | Born 1812 | | [[Zlota (b.1742)]] | Died 1812 | | [[Josek Winer (b.1814)]] | Born ~1814 | | [[Laja Kirszenbaum (b.1816)]] | Born ~1816 | | [[Zelik Lax (b.1816)]] | Born ~1816, Died 1818 | | [[Jankiel Srul Winer (b.1816)]] | Born ~1816 | | [[Zelik Winer (b.1816)]] | Born ~1816, Died 1820 | | [[Nusyn Akierman (b.1816)]] | Born 09/15/1816 | | [[Jankiel Lax (b.1818)]] | Born ~1818, Died 1821 | | [[Laja Bajla Lax (b.1818)]] | Born ~1818 | | [[Szulim Winer (b.1818)]] | Born 1818 | | [[PLACEHOLDER Izrael Lax (b.1819)]] | Born ~1819, Died 1819 | | [[Chana Wainryb (b.1819)]] | Born ~1819 | | [[Jankiel Akierman (b.1820)]] | Born 1820, Died 1820 | | [[Abraham Lax (b.1820)]] | Born 1820 | | [[Herszek Salz (b.1820)]] | Born ~1820 | | [[Sura Bajla Winer (b.1820)]] | Born 1820 | | [[Abram Kirszenbaum (b.1821)]] | Born 1821, Died 02/14/1863 | | [[Perla Akierman (b.1822)]] | Born 1822, Died 1822 | | [[Majer Lax (b.1822)]] | Born 07/23/1822 | | [[Dawid Kirszenbaum (b.1824)]] | Born 1824 | | [[Froim Lax (b.1824)]] | Born 1824 | | [[Basia Winer (b.1824)]] | Born 1824, Died 1845 | | [[Frajda Golda Wajnfas (b.1824)]] | Born ~1824 | | [[Cudyk Akierman (b.1825)]] | Born 1825 | | [[Lejbusa Akierman (b.1825)]] | Born ~1825, Died 1825 | | [[Moszek Lax (b.1825)]] | Born 1825, Died 01/01/1826 | | [[Lejb Tenenbaum (b.1762)]] | Died 09/30/1825 | | [[Chawa Lax (b.1781)]] | Died 12/12/1825 | | [[Izrael Josef Winer (b.1826)]] | Born 01/01/1826, Died 01/26/1828 | | [[Ruchla Zlota Winer (b.1825)]] | Died 06/28/1827 | | [[Jojna Wajnfas (b.1827)]] | Born 09/16/1827 | | [[Chaja Etta Winer (b.1827)]] | Born 11/26/1827 | | [[Chaim Josef Lax (b.1828)]] | Born 04/14/1828, Died 01/05/1829 | | [[Eyzyk Lebensohn (b.1748)]] | Died 11/27/1828 | | [[Dworya Kirszt (b.1829)]] | Born ~1829 | | [[Szmul Winer (b.1828)]] | Died 03/14/1829 | | [[Chawa Elka Hochman (b.1829)]] | Born 05/11/1829 | | [[Perla Zlota Winer (b.1830)]] | Born 09/21/1830, Died 12/30/1865 | | [[Lejba Winer (b.1830)]] | Born 10/01/1830, Died 06/06/1832 | | [[Chaja Laja (d.1831)]] | Died aft 1831 | | [[Chana Hochman (b.1831)]] | Born ~01/1831, Died 03/30/1831 | | [[Blima (b.1748)]] | Died 02/13/1831 | | [[Wolf Lax (b.1750)]] | Died 05/02/1831 | | [[Dwojra Hochman (b.1832)]] | Born 01/10/1832 | | [[Berek Kirszt (b.1832)]] | Born 01/16/1832 | | [[Wolf Lax (b.1832)]] | Born 07/26/1832 | | [[Zelik Lewin (b.1833)]] | Born 1833 | | [[Jonas Szyia Wacholder (b.1833)]] | Born 01/14/1833 | | [[Frajda Winer (b.1833)]] | Born 06/09/1833 | | [[Herszek Troppe (b.1833)]] | Born 07/05/1833 | | [[Abram Wulf Hochman (b.1833)]] | Born 12/23/1833 | | [[Hana Sura Kirszt (b.1834)]] | Born ~1834, Died 03/23/1838 | | [[Cyna Rywka (b.1834)]] | Born 1834 | | [[Pinkwas Rajs (b.1835)]] | Born 03/01/1835 | | [[Nachman Herszek Wacholder (b.1835)]] | Born 04/17/1835 | | [[Szajndla (b.1779)]] | Died 11/13/1835 | | [[Estera Machla Goldzweig (b.1836)]] | Born ~1836 | | [[Gitla (b.1784)]] | Died 1836 | | [[Mindla Hochman (b.1836)]] | Born 01/22/1836, Died 08/17/1855 | | [[Moszek Lejb Winer (b.1836)]] | Born 03/29/1836, Died bef 10/1913 | | [[Chana Winer (b.1833)]] | Died 04/24/1836 | | [[Sura Gitla Lax (b.1836)]] | Born 07/24/1836, Died 09/13/1838 | | [[Icek Szmul Kirszt (b.1836)]] | Born 12/12/1836, Died 02/13/1837 | | [[Szymon Szloma Winer (b.1837)]] | Born 04/06/1837 | | [[Chaja Ryfka Raychman (b.1837)]] | Born 09/01/1837 | | [[Lejba Wacholder (b.1837)]] | Born 09/13/1837 | | [[Fajga Friedman (Cymerman) (b.1838)]] | Born 1838, Died 04/21/1864 | | [[Mordka Tenenbaum (b.1838)]] | Born 1838 | | [[Rajzla Hochman (b.1838)]] | Born 08/31/1838 | | [[Abram Kirszt (b.1839)]] | Born 01/31/1839 | | [[Szajndla Winer (b.1839)]] | Born 06/04/1839, Died 08/23/1847 | | [[Maryanka Wolwowa (b.1759)]] | Died 08/06/1839 | | [[Wolf Akierman (b.1784)]] | Died bef 1840 | | [[Dawid Winer (b.1840)]] | Born 03/31/1840 | | [[Frajda Szprynca Wacholder (b.1841)]] | Born 01/07/1841 | | [[Mordko Tenenbaum (b.1841)]] | Born 01/10/1841, Died 03/11/1848 | | [[Fawel Hochman (b.1841)]] | Born 04/19/1841, Died 09/24/1841 | | [[Icek Kirszt (b.1841)]] | Born 08/16/1841, Died 11/17/1849 | | [[Mordka Winer (b.1842)]] | Born 04/04/1842, Died bef 1900 | | [[Tauba Kirszenbaum (b.1843)]] | Born 04/07/1843, Died 08/23/1845 | | [[Uszer Hochman (b.1843)]] | Born 11/15/1843 | | [[Szajndla Tenenbaum (b.1844)]] | Born 01/01/1844 | | [[Toba Wacholder (b.1844)]] | Born 01/17/1844 | | [[Mendel Winer (b.1844)]] | Born 07/09/1844, Died 08/06/1855 | | [[Berek Winer (b.1844)]] | Born 12/10/1844, Died 02/15/1847 | | [[Rajzla Morgensztern (b.1816)]] | Died 08/26/1846 | | [[Godel Lewin (b.1847)]] | Born ~1847 | | [[Moszek Rotensztajn (b.1847)]] | Born ~1847 | | [[Esterka Malka Tenenbaum (b.1847)]] | Born 05/23/1847, Died 08/18/1855 | | [[Szyfra Friedman (b.1847)]] | Born 12/25/1847 | | [[Marya Hochman (b.1848)]] | Born 08/17/1848, Died 02/19/1850 | | [[Estera Ruchla Balter (b.1825)]] | Died 07/24/1849 | | [[Moszek Gradel (b.1850)]] | Born 1850, Died 12/06/1920 | | [[Esterka Zysmanow (b.1786)]] | Died 01/11/1850 | | [[Chana Tenenbaum (b.1850)]] | Born 02/16/1850 | | [[Chaim Winer (b.1775)]] | Died 03/01/1850 | | [[Chaim Winer (b.1850)]] | Born 04/13/1850 | | [[Chaskiel Friedman (b.1850)]] | Born 06/04/1850 | | [[Kalman Mendel Federbusz (b.1851)]] | Born 1851, Died | | [[Ryfka Dwoira Friedman (b.1851)]] | Born 11/30/1851 | | [[Zlota Gradel (b.1852)]] | Born 11/23/1852 | | [[Chaja Winer (b.1853)]] | Born 02/10/1853 | | [[Josek Tenenbaum (b.1853)]] | Born 03/03/1853 | | [[Chana Wajngarten (b.1853)]] | Born 04/01/1853 | | [[Josef Chaim Friedman (b.1853)]] | Born 12/04/1853, Died 11/04/1854 | | [[Lejzor Fiszel Szerman (b.1854)]] | Born 12/23/1854, Died 1855 | | [[Manas Winer (b.1855)]] | Born 02/16/1855, Died 06/12/1917 | | [[Josef Dawid Winer (b.1855)]] | Born 03/15/1855 | | [[Manas Gradel (b.1855)]] | Born 07/12/1855 | | [[Josef Wajnfas (b.1775)]] | Died 10/06/1855 | | [[Sura Tenenbaum (b.1856)]] | Born 10/16/1856, Died 10/12/1922 | | [[Manas Winer (b.1857)]] | Born 12/04/1857, Died 07/16/1863 | | [[Moszek Friedman (b.1858)]] | Born 06/25/1858 | | [[Rajzla Winer (b.1858)]] | Born 09/15/1858 | | [[Moszek Kirszt (b.1859)]] | Born 05/01/1859 | | [[Wolf Winer (b.1859)]] | Born 06/09/1859 | | [[Ruchla Gradel (b.1859)]] | Born 07/20/1859, Died 08/12/1863 | | [[Mendel Winer (b.1860)]] | Born 01/09/1860, Died 04/03/1865 | | [[Maryanka Troppe (b.1860)]] | Born 04/20/1860, Died 02/22/1861 | | [[Abram Friedman (b.1860)]] | Born 10/24/1860 | | [[Mendel Winer (b.1860) (2)]] | Born 12/19/1860 | | [[Szapsa Winer (b.1861)]] | Born 02/15/1861 | | [[Szmul Winer (b.1861)]] | Born 04/19/1861 | | [[Frajda Kirszt (b.1861)]] | Born 12/06/1861 | | [[PLACEHOLDER Moszek Rajs (b.1776)]] | Died 12/09/1861 | | [[Mirel Winer (b.1861)]] | Born 12/16/1861, Died 04/05/1864 | | [[Kielman Icek Gradel (b.1862)]] | Born 01/06/1862 | | [[Lewek Troppe (b.1862)]] | Born 01/26/1862 | | [[Kielman Icek Winer (b.1862)]] | Born 02/26/1862, Died 08/22/1863 | | [[Icek Lax (b.1862)]] | Born 03/02/1862, Died 09/08/1867 | | [[Chaim Szmul Troppe (b.1860)]] | Died 03/18/1862 | | [[Chaja Marya Friedman (b.1862)]] | Born 05/18/1862, Died 08/25/1863 | | [[Ryfka Hochman (b.1863)]] | Born 03/27/1863 | | [[Kielman Icek Winer (b.1864)]] | Born 01/10/1864 | | [[Maryanka Kirszt (b.1864)]] | Born 01/11/1864 | | [[Hendla Rajcla Winer (b.1864)]] | Born 01/12/1864, Died 04/04/1864 | | [[Frajda Winer (b.1864)]] | Born 02/21/1864 | | [[Chaim Josef Winer (b.1864)]] | Born 02/29/1864 | | [[Rubin Lax (b.1864)]] | Born 05/30/1864, Died 09/12/1867 | | [[Sura Hinda Troppe (b.1864)]] | Born 06/28/1864, Died 02/12/1866 | | [[Masia Troppe (b.1864)]] | Born 07/30/1864, Died 07/14/1865 | | [[Brucha Gradel (b.1864)]] | Born 08/12/1864 | | [[Wolf Friedman (b.1865)]] | Born 01/13/1865 | | [[Moszek Chaim Wolw Winer (b.1865)]] | Born 02/10/1865 | | [[Josef Hochman (b.1865)]] | Died 07/20/1865 | | [[Manas Winer (b.1866)]] | Born 05/01/1866, Died 03/14/1921 | | [[Zlota Winer (b.1866)]] | Born 05/03/1866, Died 07/08/1866 | | [[Wolf Mendel Troppe (b.1866)]] | Born 07/12/1866–07/20/1866 | | [[Mirla Lewin (b.1866)]] | Born 07/20/1866 | | [[Rywka Lax (b.1866)]] | Born ~09/27/1866 | | [[Laja Winer (b.1866)]] | Born 10/29/1866, Died 12/18/1866 | | [[Sura Ita Kirszt (b.1866)]] | Born 12/12/1866 | | [[Szyia Heszel Gradel (b.1867)]] | Born 02/19/1867 | | [[Brucha Troppe (b.1867)]] | Born 03/20/1867 | | [[Gutman Ksyl Gradel (b.1829)]] | Died 09/01/1867 | | [[Milka Winer (b.1867)]] | Born 11/02/1867 | | [[Kielman Icek Winer (b.1868)]] | Born 04/05/1868, Died 08/16/1918 | | [[Chana Fajga Winer (b.1868)]] | Born 07/01/1868 | | [[Szajndla Frajda Rajs (b.1868)]] | Born 07/24/1868 | | [[Jancza Winer (b.1868)]] | Born 09/23/1868, Died 06/10/1921 | | [[Icek Moszek Lewin (b.1868)]] | Born 11/21/1868 | | [[Zysla Lax (b.1790)]] | Died 12/24/1868 | | [[Nachman Majer Rajs (b.1870)]] | Born 1870 | | [[Szloma Winer (b.1874)]] | Born ~1874 | | [[Chaia Winer (b.1875)]] | Born 1875 | | [[Tauba Winer (b.1877)]] | Born 1877, Died 10/25/1913 | | [[Gitla Lewin (b.1879)]] | Born ~1879 | | [[Chaia Sura Winer (b.1879)]] | Born ~1879, Died 01/15/1912 | | [[Don Lejba Winer (b.1879)]] | Born 1879 | | [[Bajla Gendla Winer (b.1882)]] | Born ~1882 | | [[Ruchla Szajndla Winer (b.1882)]] | Born ~1882 | | [[Szyfra Lax (b.1859)]] | Died 10/1882 | | [[Symcha Hersz Flomenbaum (b.1884)]] | Born 1884 | | [[Jankiel Srul Winer (b.1884)]] | Born 06/04/1884–06/03/1885 | | [[Herszek Winer (b.1885)]] | Born 06/03/1885 | | [[Jochweta Lax (b.1889)]] | Born 11/13/1889 | | [[Srul Winer (b.1891)]] | Born ~1891, Died 03/04/1893 | | [[Abram Winer (b.1892)]] | Born 05/29/1892 | | [[Laja Bajla Winer (b.1893)]] | Born ~1893 | | [[Ruchla Winer (b.1893)]] | Born ~1893 | | [[Don Kac (b.1895)]] | Born ~1895 | | [[Rajzla Muszkat (b.1897)]] | Born ~1897 | | [[Dwojra Winer (b.1897)]] | Born 1897 | | [[Icek Moszek Winer (b.1897)]] | Born 08/13/1897 | | [[Brucha Matla Winer (b.1897)]] | Born 12/13/1897 | | [[Chaja Liba Kirszenbaum (b.1899)]] | Born 05/09/1899 | | [[Sylka Gitla Friedman (b.1900)]] | Born ~1900 | | [[Don Hochman (b.1900)]] | Born ~1900 | | [[Aron Lejb Winer (b.1900)]] | Born 1900, Died 10/02/1942 | | [[Chana Rajzla Winer (b.1900)]] | Born ~1900, Died 10/13/1922 | | [[Rajzla Zilbernadel (b.1900)]] | Born 1900, Died 1942 | | [[Rywka Troppe (b.1900)]] | Born 01/27/1900 | | [[Aron Barbanel (b.1882)]] | Died 02/20/1900 | | [[Tauba Winer (b.1901)]] | Born 12/14/1901 | | [[Frajda Ryfka Muszkat (b.1902)]] | Born 1902 | | [[Symcha Winer (b.1902)]] | Born 04/02/1902 | | [[Manas Friedman (b.1903)]] | Born 1903 | | [[Manas Winer (b.1903)]] | Born 1903 | | [[Rubin Muszkat (b.1904)]] | Born ~1904 | | [[Chaja Friedman (b.1905)]] | Born 1905 | | [[Chil Barbanel (b.1848)]] | Died 03/03/1905 | | [[Abram Winer (b.1906)]] | Born 1906 | | [[Laja Rojza Shapira (b.1846)]] | Died 07/08/1907 | | [[Fajga Czarna Winer (b.1907)]] | Born 08/01/1907 | | [[Pejsach Korngold (b.1908)]] | Born ~1908 | | [[Josef Muszkat (b.1908)]] | Born 1908 | | [[Szmul Josef Sztajnberg (b.1908)]] | Born 05/15/1908 | | [[Benjamin Winer (b.1908)]] | Born 09/07/1908 | | [[Chana Szejwa Brafman (b.1909)]] | Born 02/05/1909 | | [[Cypa Nesia Winer (b.1909)]] | Born 05/30/1909 | | [[Sura Muszkat (b.1910)]] | Born ~1910 | | [[Dawid Fajwel Sztajnberg (b.1910)]] | Born 11/01/1910 | | [[Jenta Winer (b.1911)]] | Born 04/05/1911 | | [[Chaja Flomenbaum (b.1911)]] | Born 06/15/1911, Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Beniamin Fajnszmidt (d.1911)]] | Died 06/30/1911 | | [[Basza Winer (b.1911)]] | Born 09/01/1911 | | [[Marjema Rejla Winer (b.1914)]] | Born 10/20/1914 | | [[Jerachmiel Winer (b.1915)]] | Born 1915 | | [[Mordechai Winer (b.1915)]] | Born 02/26/1915 | | [[Chaja Rywka Goldman (b.1915)]] | Born 04/01/1915 | | [[Sura Chawa Troppe (b.1916)]] | Born 03/25/1916 | | [[Estera Goldberg (b.1916)]] | Born 05/22/1916 | | [[Rajzla Goldman (b.1917)]] | Born 05/06/1917 | | [[Zlata Winer (b.1917)]] | Born 05/10/1917 | | [[Abram Josef Winer (b.1917)]] | Born 07/15/1917 | | [[Leja Marjema Troppe (b.1918)]] | Born 03/15/1918 | | [[Pesla Hochman (b.1918)]] | Born 04/01/1918 | | [[Wolf Winer (b.1919)]] | Born 06/15/1919 | | [[Szmul Uszer Winer (b.1919)]] | Born 07/14/1919 | | [[Uszer Hochman (b.1920)]] | Born 04/30/1920 | | [[Sumer Lax (b.1835)]] | Died 05/19/1920 | | [[Moszek Szyia Winer (b.1921)]] | Born 01/16/1921 | | [[Moszek Lax (b.1880)]] | Died 02/01/1921 | | [[Lejzor Menasze Wajsbrodt (b.1919)]] | Died 05/19/1922 | | [[Szija Hochman (b.1922)]] | Born 07/25/1922 | | [[Tauba Sura Katz (b.1923)]] | Born 04/19/1923 | | [[Sura Winer (b.1926)]] | Born ~1926, Died ~1942 | | [[Shmuel Winer (b.1926)]] | Born 07/29/1926 | | [[Bluma Winer (b.1927)]] | Born 1927 | | [[Sarah Winer (b.1927)]] | Born 06/25/1927 | | [[Jochwed Winer (b.1929)]] | Born 1929, Died 1942 | | [[Aryeh Leib Friedman (b.1929)]] | Born 03/01/1929 | | [[Dyna Winer (b.1930)]] | Born 1930, Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Kielman Winer (b.1930)]] | Born 1930 | | [[Szloma Winer (b.1932)]] | Born 1932 | | [[Moshe Friedman (b.1933)]] | Born 1933, Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Noach Friedman (b.1933)]] | Born 1933, Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Laja Winer (b.1934)]] | Born 1934 | | [[Tzadok Friedman (b.1936)]] | Born 1936 | | [[Chanoch Korngold (b.1936)]] | Born 1936 | | [[Wolf Winer (b.1937)]] | Born 1937, Died 1942 | | [[Chana Korngold (b.1938)]] | Born 1938 | | [[Fiszel Friedman (b.1939)]] | Born 1939, Died 1940 | | [[Simcha Friedman (b.1940)]] | Born 1940, Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Sarah Sher (b.1894)]] | Died 1943 | | [[Pinchas Wietschner (b.1890)]] | Died 03/17/1944 | | [[Chana Federbusz (d.1943)]] | Born , Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Marya Federbusz (d.1943)]] | Born , Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Peru Federbusz (d.1944)]] | Born | | [[Sura Ruchel Federbusz (d.1943)]] | Born , Died 1943 | | [[Szmul Federbusz (d.1943)]] | Born , Died 05/08/1943 | | [[Chaja Ryfka Grafstein (d.1837)]] | Born | | [[Chana Winer (d.1943)]] | Born | | [[Dwojra Winer]] | Born | | [[Lejzor Winer (d.1942)]] | Born | | [[Yosef Winer (d.1942)]] | Born |